On March 31, 9:15 a.m. Kelly left us. I want to share with you the sister I love so much. This is a little lengthy. But the world will be a better place for having known just this much of her.
What a gift our mother gave us when she had Kelly. Most of you know she was the world to me. Mother always said that we were Siamese twins attached at the hip, born two years apart. You never saw one of us without the other and if you did you may have thought,,maybe there is only one of those girls afterall.
Losing her, I have lost half of myself, my heart, my soul. Truly she was a gift from God. She was my best friend, my confidant, my partner in crime. (We never got arrested,ha ha.")
When we were told that there was only a few months, we were talking one day and I asked her what was I going to do without my right hand? She said go left.
That was Kelly, she could take a bad situation and find a way to make it positive. Through all that she was going through...never, ever did she ask why me? Instead she would say why not me. Kelly was still Kelly through all of it. She didn't want to be the poster child for cancer.
Kelly was the happiest when her family was happy. She only wanted good things for us. It didn't matter how big or small as long as she was a part of it.
She wasn't materialistic, her greatest possessions were her family. Her love for all of us was unlimite and unconditional. She had a unique relationship with each member of our family. Whichever one she was with at any given time,You were it, You were the most important, accepted, without expectations, She may not have agreed, but she never judged.
The newest baby was Kelly's new toy. She loved their innocence and couldn't get her arms opened fast enough so she could embrace them with every ounce of herself. She was a 2nd mother to our children and our children's, children.
Kelly was a giver----asking nothing in return. Any project being done, whether it was a new house being built, she was there with hammer in hand. A garden being planted--again she was there only this time it was with a rake or hoe.
Most of you know that Kelly was independence personified. In the last couple of months, we as a family gave her our time, our care. WE DROVE HER NUTS! She hated that we were taking our time to give her the long deserved comfort and care she needed. I don't know how many times she would say thank you or I'm so sorry. She never had to say either and most of all---she never needed to apologize.
Now she is in God's loving hands, hurting no more, with her beautiful smile and those sparkling eyes and we are grateful. I ask only one thing.....God hold gently this life which you have created, now and forever. Amen.
Thank you for the time you took to read this. My world is different without her. I am proud to be her sister. Thank you for the different times I was able to come here and get answers or to vent my frustrations . You carried me through alot farther than I would have been able to go by myself.