Yesterday Gillian and I went shopping before dance class for a pair of shoes for her Halloween costume.  She is going to be a Leopard, and her costume is so cute but she needed a little more “Leopard” print to go with it, thus the shoes….We went to Payless to see what they had and couldn’t find anything.  Luckily I asked the store clerk if they had any type of Leopard print shoes, and to our happiness she said, “I have one pair left, what size is she?”  I told her “8 in women’s” (yes my 8 almost 9 year old daughter wears size 8!)  Anyways, she takes us over and pulls out the last pair of shoes in the store in her size!  Gillian loved them!  Actually wore them to school today (looked a bit ridiculous with her outfit, but hey, you have to let them be themselves sometimes!)

We got back into the car and started off to dance class…….and as she is admiring them pressing her feet against the dash board, I said, “Your Aunt Cindy would have L-O-V-E-D those shoes!”  Now Gillian wasn’t born yet when her Aunt died.  But let me tell you, Cindy would have A-D-O-R-E-D her!  She is so much like her!  She loves to shop, and if you knew Cindy she was a shopper!  In fact, when Cindy died, on her car license plate cover it said, “She who dies with the most clothes wins” or something to that effect….Gillian then asked tons of questions about her, and we chatted the rest of the way to dance class about her wonderful Aunt she never knew……..Cindy was a wonderful mother, sister, aunt, daughter and wife and just a wonderful person all around.  We still miss her so much….. This month marks 15 years that she has been gone, but we will never forgot her……