My little sister, Katie

Although Katie is my niece, she has been more like a sister to me. I was young enough to be her friend when she was little, dangerous enough to be prayed for and repremanded when she was in jr.high and high school and cool enough to be admired after high school. Although she seemed to look up to me - much to my astonishment -she truly was everything I wanted to be (when I grew up). As time went on, I became her counsel, her touchstone - something that regretfully I didn't realize and appreciate as much as I should've.. Katie always marveled at the relationship between her mom and sisters and really sought out that type of relationship in her friends - close, open, real. Katie (or Kathryn) lived with me for a few years when she first moved to San Diego while I was a single mom - and we had a really nice time - both dancing at the time.

Katie grew in grace, she seemed to be able to shed much of the pain she held inside. I believe her strong faith in Jesus throughout her highschool years helped, along with dance - she grew from a timid school girl, to an amazing artist in mime and drama with strong conviction, to a beautiful, brilliant young lady and mama. Anyway - here's something I wrote for her...

My li'l Sis

I'll meet you on the Sea of Glass
In the heavenly realm where we
Shall spin and twirl and leap about
And dance amidst His Glory
on point

The earthly shore you knew before
Is but a dim reflection
Of your current home, your mansion
Designed in splendor and perfection
fully staffed ;)

We never got our dance along the sandy beach
Maybe God knew we'd love to have the chance when we each
Would dance in glorified bodies not stumbling
Through pirouettes and piques
But graceful, effortless and pure
Throughout eternal days

You left your sparkling fingerprints
On every life you touched
Like Faerie dust upon our hearts
Reminding us that so much
Of what we do and say affects the lives around us
And love is spread and hurts are healed by words
NOT kept inside us.
Share our love
Show our love
Give the love we desire to receive.

Cast the dust, so everyone sparkles.

I miss you