For those of you who caught my earlier posts about my brother-in-laws (Dave) niece… Sabrina Marie went home to be with our Lord on Monday. My apologies for not getting this out in a timely manner.
As I said earlier the cancer may have won the battle for her physical body, but God won the war for her soul.
Thank you all for your prayers.
If you are interested this is the email that my sister sent out to our family.
Greetings All,
Yesterday Dave and I received the news we had been dreading…little Sabrina Marie has passed away. I keep thinking her dad is going to call and tell us the docs were mistaken.
I want to thank you for your prayers and kind words over the past 18 months–they have meant a lot to both Dave and I. Even in the best of circumstances, I sometimes feel useless and at a loss for the right words, and now, I must admit I am no better. But I am humbled by the calls and emails Dave and I have received in the past 12 hours. Already so many people….people who never got to meet Sabrina Marie….have asked where they can send flowers or make a donation to or where they can send a card to. I am speechless. You have no idea what a comfort your words of support bring…that you would care so much about someone you’ve never even met.
Sabrina Marie meant so much to her big Uncle Dave. Uncle Dave was the last of his brothers and sisters to get married. As a result, he had lots of time to devote to all his nieces and nephews. He’d take them for rides in his sports car, he’d buy them toys at Christmas, and he was the human horse when the kids were young, giving out free rides on his back to any takers. Sabrina Marie had a little pet name for Uncle Dave. (All the nieces and nephews do.) She addressed any letters to him using her pet name for him.
The past 18 months have brought unimaginable pain to Dave; first hearing the diagnosis of lymphoma, then followed by month after painful month of mostly bad news. But Dave has always been positive. Even through last week’s news of little Sabrina losing consciousness he was positive. And even today he is. He knows Sabrina Marie is in a better place and she’s no longer in pain. But unfortunately, she’s left a hole in his heart.
Dave and I will drive up to PA tonight to see his mom. Tomorrow morning we will drive to the funeral. Dave had already planned to go fishing this weekend (it is, after all, opening weekend for trout fishing and we know how important that is) and now he’ll spend it with his brothers and cousins and nephews, standing on the shore in their chest waiters, and talking about who’s going to catch the biggest fish.
Thank you again for your kindness.
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