To Meg

We lost our mom and life will never be the same again. Now our family home is being sold and our dad is leaving for a new life. It's all so difficult to understand, "how did the years go so fast, or did we just lose track?" (Karla Bonoff)...but we remember.

Memories of you so young, so small. My baby sister and better still, my best friend. I took you everywhere with me, my friends all knew that no matter what we had planned, our plans included my Meg. We delighted in your sweetness, your unending happiness, your love. You showed us what is most important in life, the innocence and the kindness.

I watched you grow in our family home, each day bringing something new and wonderful. You came into your own, a special person with so many talents and so excited to share them every day. Your special room with all of the touches that made it uniquely yours. My day was made with your beautiful smile and the lovely compliments you would give your big sister...for a little while, I was the world to you...and you to me.

Nobody can ever take away our memories, they lie safe deep within our hearts. Our beautiful mom, our sweet dad, our happy home where we grew and loved and laughed. I will carry it with me wherever I go, to the ends of the earth, to the moon and the stars. And I see the love and laughter reflected in our daughter's eyes, our true legacy, a testament to the love from which we came.