Hey Laura,

I'm goin' to New York next week to see Lisa and Emily's play.  Clif's goin' too. Wish you were goin' with me.

The weekend after that, they're going to Leesburg and doin' a show there. The whole town is so excited about it. I can kinda picture how excited you would be if you were there for the show. You know Mrs. Cannon and Miss Dye are really lookin' forward to it. Claire, too...and Judy....and Phil & Anita...and Mary & Tim and all of your Sunday school class and spinnin' class. Mary Celeste's gonna go down for the show, too.

We miss you like crazy. I'm still almost gonna call you every day...

I wonder what heaven is like. Do you and Mama and Papa get to visit? Are there rockin' chairs? Front porches? Hot fudge sundaes?  I bet you're eatin' all kindsa cabbage and good "vesh-tables".... 

Just now, I pictured your excited face.  You know...the one where your eyes get wide and you have that big ol' smile on your face? Love that face! 

I'm so thankful that you're my sister... So thankful that I got to be your "secretary"... that I practically lived with you when Clif was a baby... that we had silly dessert times then and that we did that funny commercial "Welcome to the neighborhood."  I love that you and I were able to travel together a little bit... that you were able to come out to Bellingham...

Pretty much I'm rambling...but I just miss you is all. Wish you were here.