Halee Nicole Gerke

D.O.B: 11-123-1992

R.I.P: 10-18-2004

WHEN MY SISTER WAS ALIVE, EVERYTHING SEEMED SO EASIER, AND I NEVER REALIZED HOW CLOSE WE WERE UNTIL AFTER SHE PASSED AWAY. I MISS ALL THE THINGS LIKE "SISTER LOVE ICE CREAM" WHICH I MADE UP JUST SO SHE WOULD SHARE WITH ME. SHE WAS AN IMPORTANT PART IN MY LIFE, AND EVERYONE WHO KNEW ME KNEW THAT, SHE LOVED ALL HER FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND EVEN STRANGERS, SHE COULD MAKE THE TOUGHEST GUYS SMILE, AND MELT ALMOST ANYONES HEART. SHE WAS SO MUCH A BIG PART OF MY LIFE, AND I STILL ALMOSY THREE YEARS LATER CAN'T STOP REPLAYING THE DAY WHEN SHE DIED.

I WAS GOING TO WORK, AND SHE WAS SITTING ON THE COUCH, AND SAT WITH HER FOR A LITTLE BIT BEFORE I WAS GETTING PICKED UP. I HUGGED HER GOOD BYE. WHEN I GOT TO WORK I BOUGHT HER A MaCDONALDS TOY TO GIVE HER LATER ON WHEN I GOT HOME THAT DAY. I WAS WORKING IN THE MALL FOR THE HOLIDAYS, AND I REMEMBER I HAD A FEELING THAT SOMETHING WAS NOT RIGHT, AND I KEPT ON CALLING MY HOUSE, BUT THE PHONE LINES WERE BUSY THE WHOLE TIME IT HAD BEEN TEN IN THE MORNING WHEN I STARTED CALLING. I DIDNT GET THROUGH TO THE HOUSE PHONE, OR BOTH THERE CELL PHONES (iMOM, AND hOWIIES) SO I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG. THE WORSE THING WAS, I HOPED SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED TO MY REAL DAD, BECAYSE WHEN I GOT THROUGH TO MY MOM, SHE TOLD ME SHE COULDNT TELL ME WHATS WRONG OVER THE PHONE, AND I WILL HEAR WHEN I GET HOME, A PART OF ME KNEW IT WAS MY SISTER, BUT I WANTED IT TO BE MY DAD BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS IT TO BE A CHILD, LET ALONE SOMEONE YOU ARE SO CLOSE TO LIKE A SISTER. WELL AT TWO I GOT PICKED UP, AND AND MY NEIBHOR, WHO WAS ALSO OUR FRIEND TOLD ME WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO MY SISTER. I REMEMBER SHE TOLD ME TO SIT DOWN AFTER I FOUND OUT, BUT I TRIED TO MAKE IT NOW SEEM LIKE IT WASNT A BIG DEAL, I WANTED TO STAY CALM. I CALLED MY FRIEND CHERYL, AND TOLD HER WHAT HAD HAPPENED, VERY CALMLY. I WAS CALM UP UNTIL, I DONT KNOW WHEN. I GUESS I WAS AFRAID TO CRY BECAUSE IT WOULD MEAN SHE WAS REALLY GONE. BUT NOW I KNOW SHE'S IN HEAVEN, AND HAPPIER, AND HEALITHIER THEN SHE EVER COULD BE IN EARTH.

(INCASE I FOTGOT TO MENTION, SHE HAD HEART PROBLEMS, AND WAS BORN WITH DOWNSYNDROME, SHE WAS THE BIGGEST BLESSING ANYONE EVER COULD GET)