In Memory of My Beautiful Sister Christianne

Born December 25, 1976

Died November 30, 2010

My life was
lunacy until
this moonlit night

I'm in the middle and Chrissie is at my right

Rosemary and Christianne

one month before her death

My shame in this world
will soon be forgotten
springtime journey 

(Japanese Death Poems)

Life is not easy for anyone but for my once vivacious sister it was especially difficult. She battled with a very difficult mental illness heroically for 12 years that we were aware of and still managed to be the most loving, generous and nonjudgmental person I have had the pleasure of knowing in my life. I remember as a shy young girl admiring her powerful vivaciousness for all who knew her then loved being around her.  She experienced such psychological anguish in her last months we found out after her suicide.  In death she is now completely free of pain and for that I am grateful. I am inspired to fully appreciate each moment for all of us will die sooner or later and now is all we have.