Remembering Marlie Griffin
Our pain is so deep because we love you so much.
"...After all this has passed,
I still will remain.
After I've cried my last,
I still will remain.
After I've cried my last,
There'll be beauty from pain.
Though it won't be today,
Someday I'll hope again
And there'll be beauty from pain.
God will bring beauty from pain."
(Lyrics by Superchick)
Though it won't be today,
Someday I'll hope again
And there'll be beauty from pain.
God will bring beauty from pain."
(Lyrics by Superchick)
posted by McKenna at 9:21 AM
5 Comments:
Marlie, I'll never forget how we played Marco Polo in the hallowed halls of the NVCJTA...and on text messages to make sure we got home okay when it was so late at night. The SpongeBob v. Patrick wallwalker races, the way you incessantly referred to Indiana's intense affection for me, the way you "hated" me in the domestic violence role-playing scenarios, swapping stories about our favorite people, the cookouts in Oxford, "Mojito Madness," the "Oreo Cows," countless drives in the convertible when I thought the wind was going to blow my head off of my shoulders, getting me hooked on the "vomiting frogs" of Zuma, being at the police academy at "0-Dark-30" and, of course, reinacting our favorite scene from The Princess Bride over...and over...and over again...for EVERYONE. The way you held me up when I couldn't hold myself up...the tears you shouldered for me, wisdom you shared with me, the unconditional love you showed me and the humor with which you filled me constantly. No one else could ever do what you've done for me. No one else would have tolerated my whining. No one else could have injected the joy in my soul that you have. You were my rock, my champion, my sister. I am a better person for knowing you and loving you...and being loved by you. You will never be forgotten and you can never be replaced. I know you are with me and watching out for me. I never could have made it through Cody’s funeral last weekend without you playing “tough girl.” Who would have thought I’d have to draw on that now to get through yours? I love you with all my heart…and I know you knew that…I just wanted to say it again to make sure. I know that “sappy me” frustrates you. Okay, I’ll “snap out of it!”
Marlie, Christmas just wasn't the same without your laughter and love. I miss you more than you will ever know, and I KNOW I'm not the only one who feels that way. You live on in so many memories that it blows my mind. Not a day goes by that I don't think of you and miss you. You're the BEST!
Much love,
Mc
Oh, by the way, I'm at LEVEL 12 on Zuma!!! Just can't get to level 13...guess you're right...it would really help if I had a mouse! :)
Mc
Guess what, Marlie!?!? Today, six months to the day you left us, I got to the end of Zuma!!! I KNOW you had something to do with it...thanks for the extra little burst of help! :)
Love you and miss you tons!
Mc
I miss you...just wanted you to know I still do...just as much as ever.
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