Austin,
Your parents and your sister asked us to live life more fully in your honor. I think about this simple request every day and have tried to incorporate it into the fabric of my life. Sometimes I do small things, such as traveling a different route to work so that my window view is fresh and so that I am reflecting on new images as I start my day. I have also asked myself to do bigger things, most recently to don wetsuit and snorkel mask and slip off the side of a boat for some deepwater snorkeling. I am not a great swimmer, nor did I know how to snorkel. In fact, the thought of breathing through a plastic tube in ocean current terrified me. I did it, Austin, because you would have appreciated the view. There were sharks, sea turtles, rainbow fish, striped pufferfish, purple and red coral, sea stars, turquoise king fish. I would have missed it all if I hadn't had your inspiration to guide me and your spirit of adventure to comfort me. You have given me a gift unknowingly. I am deeply grateful.
Love, Susan
Your parents and your sister asked us to live life more fully in your honor. I think about this simple request every day and have tried to incorporate it into the fabric of my life. Sometimes I do small things, such as traveling a different route to work so that my window view is fresh and so that I am reflecting on new images as I start my day. I have also asked myself to do bigger things, most recently to don wetsuit and snorkel mask and slip off the side of a boat for some deepwater snorkeling. I am not a great swimmer, nor did I know how to snorkel. In fact, the thought of breathing through a plastic tube in ocean current terrified me. I did it, Austin, because you would have appreciated the view. There were sharks, sea turtles, rainbow fish, striped pufferfish, purple and red coral, sea stars, turquoise king fish. I would have missed it all if I hadn't had your inspiration to guide me and your spirit of adventure to comfort me. You have given me a gift unknowingly. I am deeply grateful.
Love, Susan
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