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Amber Shea

"I've learned that your college friends become a kind of family. You eat together, you take naps together, fight, laugh, cry and do absolutely nothing together until you can't remember how you ever lived your life without them in the first place."

-Author Unknown

Amber Shea Lindley, little sister to Nikki, one of my very best friends, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on Sunday.  Some things just don't make sense.  She was only eighteen.  

I could write about twelve posts about all the emotions running through my mind.  How my heart aches for Nikki.  How beautiful Amber's funeral was.  How there were people standing in the back because the church wasn't big enough to hold all the people who came to say goodbye.  How strong her momma and daddy's faith is in the midst of the worst pain of their lives.  How someone so close dying makes me reexamine my own faith and long for the strength that it once was.  How incredibly sad I am.

A member of my family died this week.  My friend family.  I can't seem to find the words to say, so I'll just say this: Amber, thank you for all you have given this world.  You will be dearly missed and you certainly will never be forgotten.  Those of us left behind will be here to love your family through their heartache and hard days without you.  We will see you in heaven one day.  


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July 22, 2012 at 3:03 PM
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