I'll never forget one of the first times I met Amie not quite 8 yrs ago. She loved me from day one, just like ever other person who entered her life. She had an infectious laugh (I hear it from time to time when I catch myself doing something stupid lol) and an incredible smile. One couldn't help but return the smile and laughter. Unlike most people in my life, she didn't judge me. She accepted me for who I was, without question. Without a second thought, she opened her home, her heart, and her arms to me and welcomed me as family... as her little sister. It was because of all this that it made it easy for me to love her right back. Man do I miss her big hugs... She gave the most incredibly big, loving hugs... She accepted all of us perfectly imperfect people... the rejects, the outcasts, the unloved, the unwanted, the lonely, the needy, the ones who really needed some extra love and affection... all the ones somebody else didn't give a second thought to, didn't seem to love or care about. She showed us all what it was like to be loved unconditionally. This world is definitely a lesser place without her.