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as strange as it may seem for me to say
please know that I am jealous of you
about the path upon which you are about to
take
only once so very briefly before did I myself
comprehend
that I may indeed be very well just about to see
God myself
I felt no fear in that moment
just truly purpose driven and calm
infused with a wonderful peace
because we come from love you see
so do not be afraid
love goes back to its source
it's energy is a simple enough relay
do not regret a journey so short
as each its impact is astonishingly made
for in your glorious trajectile you leave behind
a love that is mighty in its array
and by that I mean
the vast lives you've touched
the children you've held
the families you've hugged
the beauty you've shared
the deep spirit's grace you've conveyed
from our memories nobody can
ever take any of that away
for we absorb and reflect
inspire and engage
ourselves and each other
on this small hot rock
haphazardly flying through space
you are a meteor that so briefly
and beautifully streaked through
our lives
I cannot find fault with God
and the plans for your soul
he has devised
grief is a part of life
but it hails from the absence
of joy's particular additive
you graciously step away from us now
so wise beyond your innocent, lovely 
years
you honored us with the beauty of
your tireless light
and all the love you chose to give
like the dignified young woman you are
you courageously walk away
from our physical sight
and those of us who loved you dearly
will long after you've gone recall
with such gentle fondness the love you
infused in your fight to stay
but the spirit gives even our dignity
no choice
our path is preset and we are not
allowed to side step such sway
so 'Journey Strong' 
our sweet, sweet Rachel
for you will be missed
but from our hearts you will never
be gone
for your spirit ever remains
in the flowers that stubbornly grow
or in the sunlight
that spills over every playground on earth
that there is
wherever there happens to be children
playing
for you so love and smile without tire
upon each their ecstatic faces
and we are reminded through
those experiences
the innocence you sprinkled
upon the lives you've touched
for life cannot be life
without the love that is given
to make us care about it
so, so very much..................
(July 30, 2014 125pm)