Just One Moment

Just one moment - suspended in time - you would hardly know, looking at the picture, that at least four of us had broken hearts.

We'd gathered at Knoebels Amusement Park at Gwen's request. She was dying. We all knew it. We all wanted to fight it somehow. We wanted to deny it. But we knew.

She insisted this be the place we all gathered to have fun one last time.

We would have gone anywhere for her.

Gwen is in the front - her hand - as always - protectively reaching out to her brother Bill - they had such a bond. And I think Bill's face betrays his pain.....

I just came across this picture as I was sorting out some things to be scrap booked - and I just sat with it - reliving the love and the pain, the sorrow at losing her, the joy in being a part of the 5 of us - for too short a time, but nevertheless.

She's gone home.....and I think she will be waiting when we get there. And knowing her, she'll have it all sorted out and we'll do whatever she tells us. She may have been the baby, but she was certainly the boss of us! Love you Gweney.