I'm sad today...

My dear beautiful niece would have turned 23 today....I remember exactly what I did on my 23rd birthday...I even remember what I was wearing...it was 105 degrees, my car vapor-locked and I was pushing it down a busy street in high heels....I think about how my life has played out...so much life to live...that she and 31 others were cheated out on...next Friday will mark the 3rd anniversary of our terrible tragedy....and although not as raw, I still grieve for the loss of one of the finest young ladies I have had the priveledge to call my niece.

My little Leslie, you will always be in my heart...I love you...

"And we should consider

everyday lost

on which we have not danced

at least once.

And we should call

every truth false

which was not accompanied

by at least one laugh."

--Friedrich Nietzsche