This is a picture of my niece Elizabeth. It was taken just one week before we lost her to cancer at the age of 13 in 1996! I guess today being what would have been her 25th birthday she is of course on my mind. Her mother suffers from mental illness so my mamma and myself had alot to do with the raising of her and her sister. Boy let me tell ya' she was an angel with an attitude. LOL We had 3 children of our own but the house was always filled to the brim with extras but Elizabeth and her sister were more like our own. In 1994 when we took a vacation thru California with a stop at Disneyland you can bet they were there too. The girls lived with us the year Elizabeth got sick from 1994-1995. The last year of her life the girls were actually able to go and live with their mamma. I am glad that she got that time to spend with them. Such bittersweet mix of emtotions when you lose someone especially so young and so tragically isnt it? Bitter for us left here on earth to mourn the loss but sweet for those of us who live our lives knowing that when our own journey is done here on earth, the ones who went before us are waiting for us. No sadness, no sickness just eternity spent in perfectness along the side of Our Father and our loved ones eternally! I sure do miss and love my Beth to this day but oh how sweet it will be ~Til next time