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IT HAS BEEN EIGHT YEARS


So much fun was had that day
Floating down the Yakima river at play
On the TV screen the announcer said,
"A horrible accident on Highway Two."
Head on a car motor home who would have knew
A young mother leaving two young children
What a way for family to find out a sin
But now eight years have gone past
For some of us it seems so fast
One of those two children graduates this week end
Mom looks down to see what might have been

Once again sadly a memorial to a special niece.
That day we floated a family of 26 had no way of knowing
The perfect hostess that when we were gone she
had to pack and take her family to Canada for
a triathlon meet. When the announcer said her name
we thought they had to be wrong. We just left her
in Selah. Eight years have gone by. That child of hers
has grown up.This week he graduates from high school
They still swim and bike and triathlon with Mom watching
from high above. Life moves on in memories







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