LIVE LIKE LINDA.

I'm not really sure where to start with this post and I guess that's why I haven't written it until now...Exactly a month ago today, 5.11.11, my mom lost her best friend Linda in a car accident. Linda was terrified of stormy weather; and while driving in a storm that day, she lost control of he car.
My mom and Linda have been best friends since they were about three years old. They went to high school and college together, and their families were close growing up. Perhaps the most amazing part of their story is that they went on to marry two guys, my dad and Linda's husband Kurt, who were very distant cousins and had the same last name...result:  my mom and Linda ended up having the same last name! Better yet, Kurt and Linda's kids and my siblings and I are very close in age, and we have grown up to be great friends as well.
Needless to say, our world has turned upside down by the unexpected event that happened a month ago. In the words of my mother, "I take great comfort in knowing that Linda had such a strong faith. I don't think I've known a nicer, easier to love person than her. I feel blessed; she was a great example of how to live a full life." And as her 21 year old son Tyler said, "I look forward to catching up with you, I hear Heaven's parties are the best!" We all need to remember to LIVE LIKE LINDA.