Dianne

I remember what I was doing in May now.

I was doing a lot of worrying and a whole lot of praying.

My sweet, amazing, cousin Dianne was losing her battle with a rare and aggressive form of cancer.

Dianne and I are 13+ years apart in age.

She was always the cool, older cousin that I adored.

It was so hard for our family to watch her go through this ordeal, but she did go through it with such grace and courage.

She truly was a model of how to live life in the face of death.

Dianne & Me

This was her high school graduation and I was just a little skinned knee, chatter box. 

Most of May was spent holding my breath and hoping for a miracle.  When it was obvious a miracle wasn't going to come, I hoped for as little pain as possible.

On May 24th, Dianne left this world and left so many friends and family forever altered, including me.