Attended a funeral the other night for a friend of mine, Stephanie Burton, who was killed last week in a tragic accident. She was apparently on her way to see the Festival of Trees, and was killed while crossing the street in the crosswalk. A young man was driving along and failed to stop for the pedestrians. My friend was unfortunately one of the victims.
We weren't super close - she had a large group of girlfriends known as "The Posse", and it was often hard to get past all of them. But we were friends, and she was a great gal. She was my Relief Society President for a time in one of the singles wards, and later on, my visiting teacher in another ward. Not only did she faithfully serve me and many others, she was also vivacious and fun and the life of every party. She lived life to the fullest. We are all completely stunned that she is not in our world anymore.
It seems sometimes that those that are the best of the best are the ones who are taken from us, and it always feels like too soon. Thankfully we have the plan of salvation, and the Savior of the World to help us understand, which gives us hope when things like this happen.
The funeral itself was a perfect sendoff. It was a great opportunity to reconnect and mourn with friends from my singles ward days, and Stephanie would have loved that. She was a nurse at St. Mark's Hospital, and many of her colleagues were there to participate in the Nightingale tribute, which was very touching. Stephanie would have loved that, too.
I'll miss Stephanie, and her light that she shared wherever she went. She was a great example, and I hope I can be more like her.
BTW - This is my 5th funeral this year, and plan of salvation or not, I'm kinda done.
We weren't super close - she had a large group of girlfriends known as "The Posse", and it was often hard to get past all of them. But we were friends, and she was a great gal. She was my Relief Society President for a time in one of the singles wards, and later on, my visiting teacher in another ward. Not only did she faithfully serve me and many others, she was also vivacious and fun and the life of every party. She lived life to the fullest. We are all completely stunned that she is not in our world anymore.
It seems sometimes that those that are the best of the best are the ones who are taken from us, and it always feels like too soon. Thankfully we have the plan of salvation, and the Savior of the World to help us understand, which gives us hope when things like this happen.
The funeral itself was a perfect sendoff. It was a great opportunity to reconnect and mourn with friends from my singles ward days, and Stephanie would have loved that. She was a nurse at St. Mark's Hospital, and many of her colleagues were there to participate in the Nightingale tribute, which was very touching. Stephanie would have loved that, too.
I'll miss Stephanie, and her light that she shared wherever she went. She was a great example, and I hope I can be more like her.
BTW - This is my 5th funeral this year, and plan of salvation or not, I'm kinda done.
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