Hello, my name is Jessica and like you I am a surviving sibling. I am 23 yrs old and not only am I a full time wife and kid but I also work full time for a hospital as an Admissions Coordinator. I draw support from my husband and I am ever so close to my loving mother and father, Phil. Literally! They live across town. I love my job and enjoy all the people I come in contact with. I feel that I have always had an AWESOME life. I have had the regular "life" ups and downs but I NEVER thought I would EVER come to this point in my life where I would be saying good bye to my one and only sister and BEST FRIEND; Miranda.

She and I were very close growing up together. She went to be with Jesus on June 29, 2003. She had just graduated high school and I was so proud of her. She was getting all geared up to take the summer off before starting college in the fall. She would be studying to be a Police Officer. She would have been GREAT at it as she had the personality to go with that job. She never knew a stranger and the love she had for everyone you could see sparkle in her eyes. On June 29th, Sunday morning we were all awaken with the sad fact that Miranda was involved in a motor vehicle accident around 7:00AM and was Care Flighted to a nearby trauma center in Dayton. There she was met by my mother and step dad and I was to arrive shortly. Miranda went to be with Jesus at 6:19PM.

How can the HAPPIEST time of someone's (a Christian's) life be the saddest for others? There hasn't been a day gone by that I haven't thought about her or wished her back here with me and I know everyone thinks about that all the time. My parents have been AWESOME by including me in all the decisions that have been made and making me aware of all the "issues" that may come up.

During the time Miranda was getting her drivers license the conversation came up about being a donor and, of course, loving life as she did and her helpfulness to others her statement to our mother was, "If anyone could see this beautiful world with my eyes, that is what I would want". With that being said, Miranda was a donor. To this day she continues to live and give!

It is going on two years since I have last seen her beautiful face, smelled her perfume, felt the warmth from her love and her vibrant personality. A lot has happened these past two years that has brought more pain and a lot of hurt to our family. Even more pain was brought from those individuals that were very deceitful the night prior to her accident; the lies and the secrets. So much was unfair and could have been corrected if people would have only listened to the Holy Spirit and helped save her. Sure you can place blame but what good does it do. Give it to God and HE will bring to light what is right.

My faith has grown so much since that tragic morning and if it weren't for God I really don't know where I would be at. I often wonder what would have happened if I had turned my cheek on those that had done wrong to Miranda and not tried with a Christian heart. How I would have gotten this far in the grief process without God and my parents. I owe it all to them.

Jessica

“I know I lost something dear to me that morning and it hurts everyday thus far and will continue to do so for the rest of my life until I can be with her again in our eternal life with God.”
Jesus said unto her, "I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live!" -- John 11:25
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