When I sit down and reflect on my life, I have a tendency to think of all the people that taught me to smile. Not just a smile that a person might wear to cover something up...but an actual, genuine smile. And in the process of this, you came to mind.
I remember sitting with you up at Nana and Papa's. I had tagged along with Mema for one of your card nights. Sassy was in the living room, Papa Murphy's in the oven--filling the house with its delicious smells--you were sitting on my right hand side, and Harry on my left. Mema was making faces at us from across the table. All I remember hearing was laughter; SO. MUCH. LAUGHTER. It is a memory that sets well in my head.
You have always been one of the happiest people I know. And looking at it now, I realize that you too have influenced me to be a happy person. Although our time spent together was near and far between, it was always so important to me. YOU were always so important to me.
The road to loss is never an easy one. Especially when it is a person so full of light as yourself. There will not be a day that goes by when you are not on someone's mind. There will not be a day when someone thinks of your laughter and smile. The amount of love you have spread on this earth will always be remembered. The stories you told, and the gospel you preached so well. You knew where you were going, and I am so happy you get to be there.
Although it is hard for us to accept you are gone. Just remember Aunt Bonnie, you are loved.
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