Today, April 15th, is Ramona's birthday. How strange it must feel to have this day of birth "to celebrate" when half of your body and soul has been torn from you.
"To everything there is a season"... and this is a season of mourning for my friend. I pray for her. I ache for her.
I'm reminded of President Nelson's words, "Irrespective of age, we mourn for those loved and lost. Mourning is one of the deepest expressions of pure love. It is a natural response in complete accord with divine commandment: “Thou shalt live together in love, insomuch that thou shalt weep for the loss of them that die.” (D&C 42:45.)
Moreover, we can’t fully appreciate joyful reunions later without tearful separations now. The only way to take sorrow out of death is to take love out of life."
We live over 2,000 miles apart and I wish with all my heart I could be closer so I could serve her and help her during this tremendously lonely and mournful time.
This song is for you, Ramona.
-Alicia
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