Dear big sis,
This message is a little overdue; You left this world a year before I was born, so I've always felt a bit apprehensive writing one of these when I never got to meet you… But I feel like there has always been a hole in my life that you should have filled. Growing up, I was surrounded by you… I played with the toys you left behind, I saw your lovely face in every photo album, and loved ones would always talk about you and tell me stories about the funny things you would say and do. Sometimes I'll think about one of the stories you'd written in an old scrapbook, or think back on a home video you appeared in, and it'll make me smile. This might sound odd, but to me, you're like music; "You can't touch music, but music can touch you"… I think that is how I'd describe what your presence in my life has been like. A bittersweet song.
Our niece Tianna also thinks about you often; When she sees the moon follow her in the car, she believes it's you. Neither of us will ever get to truly know you, but we still think about you. It gives me comfort that, even in your short time on Earth, 24 years later you continue to live on in this way.
Happy Valentines day, Kayleigh. I never got to meet you, but I miss you. Keep shining brightly in the night sky for us, ok?