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Hi everyone! I know I haven’t been on here in a very long time. I have made so many beautiful friendships from this tumblr and it’s something I cherish. A little over a week ago, my younger sister (just turned 26 - we were 14 months apart and never been apart in our lives. Basically my twin and my best friend in the entire world) passed away from AML (Acute Myeloid Leukemia). I miss her so much that sometimes I feel like I can’t breathe. I wanted to thank my friend Nora on this platform as this gift was so special to me.

The most precognitive, heartfelt, meaningful gift I ever received. Nora’s 77 years on this earth are made up of events that not even script writers could make up. Nora is the most generous, empathetic and warm human being. I’m not sure how many people believe in mediums or people who can communicate past this dimension that we all are confined to but there are unexplainable things that make me feel as humans, we must accept that we know nothing. Nora is one of those people who turn on a part of your soul, where you find that that conclusion is the only one that can be made.

Chloe couldn’t watch that Guardians of the Galaxy 2 funeral scene without crying, her favorite line in it used as her prayer card mantra. “I will see you in the stars.” Throughout our life, we would look up and always say we have to go somewhere that we can see the stars. Growing up and throughout our adults lives, we yearned to look up and see sky full of stars. Throughout her battle with cancer, I told her, we’re gonna go to Montana when you’re better and we’re gonna see the stars. In general, we had a joke about stars as a family friend would always say, “oh when you were on a star waiting to come down” in reference to before you were born.

The day Chloe passed away, Nora tells us, Chloe came to me and told me to do this and give Remi this gift. As you can see from the date, January 14th, Nora purchased that night unaware of anything including the quote I chose for Chloe’s prayer cards at the funeral home. Nora named a star after Chloe. A reminder to me, that Chloe wants me to live and go see the stars as she is always with me. Prior to Chloes death, no one would know our inside jokes and shared dreams. She also gave us a wind chime, which no one would know was one of Chloe’s favorite sounds because it evokes certain childhood memories of LBI. Chloe would say I’m gonna get a beach house one day and I’m gonna have a wind chime. This gift was another reminder by Chloe that she wants us to do what she dreamed of doing. I randomly thought about LFO’s Rich Cronin because before Chloe died we spoke about how he met an untimely death due to the same cancer. And how their absurd yet classic lates 90s song, “Summer Girls,” was one of many that reminded us of childhood. Her favorite line being, “I think about that summer and I bug cause I miss it.” So perfectly Chloe - who loved summers, beaches and creating memories. I cherish these gifts more than words can describe. Nora, I cannot thank you enough. I love you.