03/31/2016
Dear Dr. Laura:
My sister passed away this week. I felt that my world crumbled, as I thought of vivid memories of our childhood and our big sister conversations. I'm only 46 years old and this has completely shaken me. I cried day and night. I hugged my kids who stayed painfully silent the last few days. And then I heard your voice in my heart: keep busy; keep her memory alive by doing things you know she would have loved you to do - for her AND for you.
So together with my kids, we're putting together a memory book about her. We've gone shopping for little things she loved and we'll put them in small bags and donate them to people who could use them. I finally smiled as I thought of her and said to myself "Don't worry about me - I'll be busy loving you for a long while."
You've helped me go through the most difficult time in my life and I'm forever grateful to you. I hope that the good that you do for us every day will return to you a billion fold!
Audrey
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