Nearly Missed a Birthday

I was going to write yet another story of my sister Pat, in honor of her birthday today. I kind of ran out of time, so plucked some pictures out of the archives. 

Happy Birthday, Pat. Instead of turning 56 today, you will always be 39.

1972 -in our basement, surrounded by a few of our favorite things. 

1985- the night before my first wedding.

1985- with our mom at my first wedding

1981 - at a waterfalls in the UP

1993 - at OKunDeKun Falls in the UP

1997- in Las Vegas

1998, June - at Lake of the Clouds in the UP.
Possibly the last picture I have of Pat, taken just a year before she died.