X-mas still comes early (for Melissa)

(note: comments are closed on this one; it's not a marketing post this 'round. Next time for sure.)

The holidays are off this year, because of losing my sweet momma several months back. Naturally, my sister's feeling it too. After all, momma was wildly popular -- especially with her girls.  And that woman was a holiday fanatic. It could not start early enough. She would start buying gifts in, like, March.

Maybe February.

On the holidays we spent apart from her, our mom would ship us our gifts. And then have them to us by December 1st .

Then she'd want us to open all of them on the phone with her.

On December 1st.

It's like she'd waited so long she was just going to bust. 

Even in April when we went to say goodbye, there were x-mas presents for this year already wrapped in her apartment.

So this video (below) is for Melissa. And this way she'll still get something in early December. It's not from Mom, but it's about her.

I've said it before and it bears repeating: my sister has never been more strong or more radiant than when she gave her eulogy. I'll never be more proud of her.

It's just not possible.

For the backstory on many of the pics in this video you can go here. (RSS and email readers: just click through to the blog to view it).

PS: Thanks to Eddie Tadross for recording such a perfect song. (I don't know him but figure I should thank him...cuz that's how my momma raised me.)