I am writing this from an airport in Seattle, Washington. Which is appropriate considering how Jennifer loved to travel.
This world has lost a little bit of its magic. My world has lost a lot of its magic.
Jennifer Lynn Lewis of Michigan, Florida, Illinois, California, South Carolina and lastly North Carolina has moved on to her next great adventure.
She battled cancer so hard I actually felt sorry for it at times. I could relate to how tough it can be to do something Jennifer disagreed with. She lasted longer than any of the doctor’s predicted, but they didn't know her as well as we do.
Take comfort in knowing that her mom, Barbara, and brother, Roy, were standing on each side of St. Peter looking over his shoulder to make sure he handled everything right when she got there.
Please do not send flowers or cards or any thoughtful thing you might think of. Rather than mourn her loss or say, “Sorry,” she would want you to celebrate the time you had together. She would want you to spend that money on some new fun adventure. To try something you haven‘t before. Even if it’s just picking up a handful of weird drinks or candies or cakes and having a tasting with your loved ones. She loved to do that with me and the boys and we loved going along on that little adventure with her. Though I did have to swallow some nasty stuff over time. It was worth it for the laughter and the stuff we found we really enjoyed.
If you knew Jennifer I don’t have to tell you how magical she was; how loving, how caring, how selfless, how everything she was. If you want to honor her memory do something nice for someone. Anyone. It doesn’t have to be anything huge. Just giving someone an extra nickel you have when they're short of change. Just telling them how nice their hair, or shirt or dress looks. Just smiling at someone who seems down to say, “You've got this." Expecting nothing in return except the knowledge that you have lifted someone’s spirit just a little bit. Because now that she is gone its up to us to fill that gap in the magic.
She did raise two wonderful boys, Buddy IV and Will, to follow in her steps of loving and helping others. But they can’t shoulder the whole burden of continuing her legacy. We all have to pitch in.
If you have the time and inclination, please say a prayer for all of us she’s left behind. Say a prayer for everyone who never got to meet her and that God will send them their own angel. And say a prayer for Jesus, because you know He’s going to get an earful when she meets Him.
Thank you all for being a part of her life and making it a better one. I know she made all of our lives better as well.
I have to go now. They don’t make these stupid travel tissue packs big enough and the other passengers are getting nervous watching me type a note in the airport as I weep continuously.
God bless you all and God, please, bless my wife.
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