Some of you know already, but many of you don’t, that my sister Laura died suddenly and unexpectedly Friday, August 17th. It was a devastating blow to receive a phone call from the Whitman County coroner asking if she was my sister and to tell me she had died. I heard myself uttering the same words upon the pronouncement as when the nurse told me my husband Russell had died…..”Noooooo….!”
It was a small blessing that she died in her sleep, quickly, painlessly from a ‘cardiac event’. The coroner explained that Laura’s different medical conditions such as the diabetes, high blood pressure, etc.,over time took their toll on her heart.
I need to let you know what is in my heart about my sister, think of it as my tribute to her…….
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