We spent the evening at Sarah's wake in Reedsburg. Amongst the many pictures and reminders of her childhood and young adulthood were two black and white photos of Sarah in her wedding gown taken during a recent fitting, and hanging near the container holding her ashes was the academic regalia that she would have worn to receive her PhD this past Saturday. While the other photos and beloved objects represented memories of happier times, these particular items spoke of a lost future - the future of a 27 year old woman who was just coming into her own. Sarah should be, at this very moment, celebrating the completion of her doctorate and planning her wedding. In the next few weeks and months her family should have gathered to celebrate these accomplishments, and it seems downright perverse (not to mention unfair) that instead, we are mourning her death.
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