I SPENT MANY WEEKENDS WITH LILY, AND JUST ABOUT THE WHOLE SUMMER WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL. LILY WAS MY SISTER-IN-LAW. I WATCHED ANNMARIE FOR HER, MY PRIDE AND JOY. I LOVED THAT BABY SO VERY MUCH. I WOULD TAKE TWO BUSES JUST TO SEE HER. BRING HER TO MY MOTHER'S HOUSE, AND TAKE HER BACK HOME AGAIN. SOMETIMES ANDY WOULD PICK US UP AFTER WORK. THEN ALONG CAME BOBBY, HE WAS A DARLING, I WATCHED HIM ALONG WITH ANNMARIE. I DIDN'T EVEN GET A CHANCE TO TURN AROUND, AND COLLEEN WAS BORN, A LITTLE IRISH SWEETHEART. I FEW YEARS LATER LAURIE WAS BORN, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO TAKE CARE OF LAURIE LIKE I DID THE OTHER CHILDREN, BUT SHE WAS A LITTLE IMP, AS LILY WOULD SAY. LILY TREATED ME LIKE HER OWN DAUGHTER, SHE WAS REAL GOOD TO ME. WHEN I WAS 13 YEARS OLD I HAD MY TONSILS OUT, LILY WAS WITH ME THE WHOLE TIME. I GOT ALONG REALLY WELL WITH LILY. I WILL MISS HER A LOT. AS WE GROW OLDER, WE MAY NOT VISIT AS OFTEN, BUT THE LOVE IS ALWAYS THERE IN OUR HEART. I KNOW, BECAUSE MINE IS FULL OF LOVE FOR LILY. I WILL MISS HER VERY MUCH. TAKE CARE LIL, SAY "HI" TO CAROLINE FOR ME.
LOVE, MADELINE
