Oct 28, 2004 12:29 PM

Family,

I’m just coming on.
It’s so crazy when you lose someone, expecially when you see or hear from that person everyday in someway. It’s like this shock,that makes you realize your own mortality, or rather, just how you never know what life can bring.

I remember the day I met Leah on the ladies first tour. There was a big group that she was with, a mixture of people, and I remember these little kids in particular that I had so much fun meeting and buggin’ out with. But when I saw her, it lit me up even more because I knew her from the boards and that’s always really special to me. Putting a face with the name is something I love. She was shining bright, excited! And we talked about things and laughed and took that picture. Immediately when I heard the name and heard what hsppened, I knew who it was.

Memories are sweet because they never let you stop holding onto the goodness that you experience with people that you connect with. You can call on them anytime, when you need it.

The only thing for us to do is to live life with renewed excitement and wonder, because each day is such a brand new experience. With new tastes, new views, new visions, new smells, new parts to discover within us and outside of us. We are so blessed to open our eyes. To be able to get out of bed, and walk and see and smell and taste, and laugh and cry, all those things we do everyday so frivolously. We are so blessed even when we are sad or pained because it makes us see all the sides we have within, makes us more compassionate, and allows us to appreciate that shine we have inside.

God is with us every second, in every mile, in every smile, in every tear, and now.

I think I can speak for all of us when I say we send our condolences to Leah’s family and wish them peace in their hearts during this difficult time. And we are proud to have Leah as an angel protecting us.

Thank God everyday!
For life,
For endless possibility,
For angels

All my love
Alicia