By Julie Flint
I am writing to say Happy Birthday in memory to my loving sister and her daughter, whom unfortunately I have not seen since she was only several months old and seems to only get more and more awkward and more unlikely as time goes by. I can only be slightly comforted by the fact that her two children are inevitably much like their mother and that can't be avoided by any upbringing or lack of presence. I can also only imagine how Danice would feel to know that her immediate family has no involvement in her children's lives, and that not only are her children missing out on the love of their mother, but the memories that her family has to share about her, and in some sense keeping her alive to them through stories and recollections. I feel as though the loss greatly surmounts her, and carries over to all three of them plus much of the family that love them all so dearly. So on this day I will be loving my little sister who loved so many people so well and also sending out love to her children who I pray will someday get to confront the horrible reality that their mother did not abandon them. Both realities would be for a child. I wish Kaylee and Danice a Happy Birthday on this day which will always connect them. I love you both.