Goodbye, Leanne…you’ll always have a special place in my
heart. Your life was far too short.
Leanne died this morning after a year and half battle with
cancer. Her suffering is over. As she lived her life, she used her last
months preparing for her death by thinking of her family. She worked on
finishing projects (photo albums, embroidery, and other handiwork) for each of
her children. I had the honor of helping her by completing a quilt for her daughter,
Emma. What a beautiful testimony to family and motherhood.
The picture below is four generations: Leanne front and
center, her mother and my sister, Judy, our mother and our grandmother. Born
two months premature and weighing less than two pounds, all odds were against
Leanne’s survival, but she was a fighter then just as she’s been these last
several months.
This picture was taken just a few years ago around the same
time she graduated from college. Sadly, she received her diploma in the mail
the same week she was informed that she had breast cancer. This is how I’ll
remember Leanne…beautiful and vibrant loving and being loved by her three
children, sons Calib and Nathan, and daughter, Emma. She will be greatly
missed.
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