To My Beautiful Sister JoAnna
When you passed away a year ago I felt lost. I am in a place in my life where many things are changing for me. When you came into my life as a child I was also in a place in my life where many things were changing, both times I am so grateful for. I want to share my feelings about both experiences here with everyone.
I will start with when we were children. If I look back at the best memory of you and I, you are an angel. There is a song I was listening to after you passed away that will be most helpful to descibe this, I was riding in my car and it came on and I know you were there with me showing me what you had to teach me. The song is called Ribbon’s Undone, by Tori Amos.
She's a girl
Rising from a shell
Running to spring
It is her time it is her time
Watch her run with ribbons undone
She's a rose in a lily's cloak
She can hide her charms
It is her right there will be time
To chase the sun with ribbons undone
She runs like a fire does
Just picking up daises
Comes in for a landing
A pure flash of lightening
Past alice blue blossoms
You follow her laughter
And then she'll surprise you
Arms filled with lavender
Yes my little pony is growing up fast
She corrects me and says
"You mean a thoroughbred"
A look in her eyes says the battle's beginning
From school she comes home and cries
I don't want to grow up Mom at last not tonight
You're a girl
Rising from a shell
Running through spring
With summer's hand in reach now
It is your time
It is your time
So just run with ribbons undone
It is your time yes my angel
It is your time
So just run with ribbons undone
Run run darlin'
Ribbons undone
You see, my favorite memory I have of us is running in a field pretending we are horses catching butterflies. It seems like a fairy tale to even think of it. You gave me a gift running through fields with me. JoAnna, you taught me what freedom feels like.
When you touched my heart the day that I heard this song our memory stuck in my heart and now whenever I am having a hard time and I feel like I can’t go on I think of you and we are running in a field of flowers catching butterflies with our ribbons undone. Thank you for listening to my prayers and helping me along this path of Love you are teaching me about.
I love you my Sweet Sister.
Love,
DeLynn
1 comment:
Aww...so sweet DeLynn. Thank you for sharing this. I love your heart :)
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