Goodbye, Ginny

After a long, long, long time of being sick from cancer, my sister passed away 2 weeks ago. It was harder than I thought it would be, since she has been hoping for it to come for many months. She was told in March that she had 3 months to live. Cancer is a merciless disease. One day in June, she went into a coma, and even the doctor said she had hours to live...but nope, she came out of it and back to sinking slowly. I went to stay with her every few weeks. She was always happy to see me, and tried to be attentive to me. I was there a few weeks ago, and she was very weak. She kept falling asleep. I would be jabbering on, and when I would see her dozing, I would try to leave the room. She would say, "I'm not asleep!" She just wanted me to be there with her.

Ginny will be remembered as a great friend to many. She was a master letter writer. One of her church jobs was to keep track of the Young Adults in her ward, and she was writing to 65 of them!

Ginny had a bucket list unlike most. Here are some of the things that were on it: Write out the stories that she had been telling her children and grandchildren. Make valances for the windows so that Jim wouldn't have to worry about that. (I'm sure that really would have worried him). All the girl grandkids had a dress made by grandma, except Lila, so make a dress for Lila. Finish her journal. Everything on her list was something that she wanted to do for someone else.

Ginny was ready to learn some things that can't be answered here. She never said "Why me?", and was always sure of where she was going. I am so thankful for the example of my sister. She lived well, and she died well. Thanks for your life, I will miss you!