A Sad Goodbye

Yesterday at about 11:30am, my beautiful niece, Johnna Jolene, lost her battle with her rare muscle cancer. Her dad (my brother Kyle), mom, twin sister Kara, and brother Daniel were all with her when she eased from this world into God's embrace.

Johnna and her mom, Carla

She was a beautiful young woman, 30 years old, and in the prime of her life. One has to wonder what plan God had for her to die so young and of such a horrible disease.

I will remember her laugh - loud and infectious. I will remember her hugs - warm and all-encompassing. Her smile lit up a room and her compassion for others overrode her need for her own comfort while she was coping with her disease, her pain, her fear. She had unlimited faith and I know that that faith helped her these last few weeks of her life.

She will be missed. I love you, Johnna!