demonesskage

I'd like to say thank you to everyone who expressed sympathy and offered thier condolances for my sister's death. Her service was today, and as she was mormon, it was held at the local mormon church, even though the rest of my family isn't mormon. It was a lovely service, and it's obvious to me that the members of her church appreciated her in ways that we, her family, never could. You see, my sister was both physically and mentally disabled from birth. It had always been a constant strain on the family and many things weren't as they could have been with us because of the complications her disabilities caused. Which, of course, are not and never were her fault. But the people who went to church with her saw a side of her that her family never had, and I now think that was because we never took the time to listen.

For my birthday, my sister gave me a small samurai that she had hand-carved and painted on ceramic. I will keep it for the rest of my life. I don't think I ever had the chance to tell her thank you.

Kristy, if you were right in your beliefs, and you're in heaven with God right now, you know that even if I wasn't always as nice as I could have been, I still loved you and that I will keep the small things that you have given me over the years for the rest of my life. Goodbye.