I will visit the grave of my sister. She passed away two and a half years ago, leaving a void in many, many lives.
She was one of those truly amazing people. A wonderful wife and mother to seven children.
Here are a few things I learned from her:
- Life is too short to be petty. Friendship and kindness are the only way to go.
- It's all about family.
- When you know you're dying, eat what you want.
- Just because it seems like no one is listening does't mean no one is listening. (This I learned from playing 20 Questions.)
- Spend more time worrying about what's on the inside and less time fussing about what's on the outside.
- A mother's love can change lives.
- The red dye in Hot Tamales may cause cancer.
- Angels are real.
Happy Memorial Day everyone.
To find out what I believe about life and death, click HERE.
Julie, this is a touching post about remembering. There's only my sister and I left from a family of five, and we try to stay close.
ReplyDeleteHappy Remembrance Day. . . to our neighbouring American friends! Remembering saddens us, but we honour those who gave their best.
I'm sorry for your losses. That must have been hard to say goodbye to so many siblings. Thanks for your kind words.
DeleteI love you. I love this post. And now I'm getting tears in my breakfast cereal.
ReplyDeleteLove you too.
DeleteThanks for posting the things you learned. I think I would have loved your sister, too! She sounds amazing :)
ReplyDeleteI know you recently lost your grandmother, who also sounded like an amazing person. Thanks!
DeleteThank you for sharing, she was a great person.
ReplyDeleteShe was pretty amazing. I don't know how she did it. Hope you had a great visit with your mom.
DeleteThose are great lessons to live by. I especially like the one about not being petty. With my time being so short with my family right now I have learned to let things go and live day to day. I charish every minute with my family and live it as if it is my last time seeing them.
ReplyDeleteKuddos to you. Learning to let things go is one of the hardest lessons in life. You have a lucky family.
DeleteIt's so true, friendship and kindness are the only way to go. Life's so short and it's so easy to lose the true vision of what it means to be alive when we waste time in petty things!
ReplyDeleteI'm grateful every day for your friendship. I hope that you had a wonderful day.
Thanks Yamile. I'm also very grateful for your friendship. You're easy to be friends with. And you are so cute pregnant.
DeleteThanks for the post, those are great lessons. I miss her.
ReplyDeleteI miss her too. Especially this time of year when we're all thinking about Hebgen. That's when I miss her the most. It's just not the same there without her. Love you.
DeleteBeautiful, moving post. *hugs*
ReplyDeleteHi Julie, I'm sorry that your sister died so young. I loved this touching post; thanks for sharing it with us. Hey, yesterday I posted some old post cards about SLC, if you want to take a look. (You might need to scroll down a few posts.)
ReplyDeleteHope you have a great day,
Kathy M.
What a lovely tribute to your sister.
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