I’m fortunate. I saw Jenny just last week. She and Chris came over for the day to spend time with their cousins. It’s comforting to have such a recent memory. And it’s a good memory, just like all the memories I
have of Jenny.

And I got to see Sue and Ken that day too. It was a comfortable day. We were all relaxed after the holidays. The kids always enjoy seeing each other so having Jenny and Chris over is always fun. The boys played
too many video games… but that’s where I always looked to Jenny to bring them to some other dimension - like videotaping commercials or dancing to the Alphabet Animal tape. Or reading Calvin and Hobbs comic
strips with Jake. I have to admit that when the activity involved leaping around the back yard from the rope swing to the trampoline that that was a time for me to hide my eyes.

Jenny always liked being up high. Very athletic; no fear. When she was over in November we were going out to pick up pizza and I walked out the front door and there was Jenny, swinging from the basketball
hoop. And then there's the treehouse in the back yard. Eric was so terrified of her tree house. But Jenny was up d down and in and out and moving over the horizontal ladder. So swift and so confident. I guess I would have to say Jenny cured Eric’s fear of heights. Not mine.

Jenny and Chris have shared so many experiences with my children. Like going to the zoo and the computer museum and the amusement park. Making Christmas cookies and coloring Easter eggs - I think that first
year they all came out brown. And spending hours just exploring and being together. The four of them have grown up together. That is something special Sue and I wanted them to share and we are lucky they all enjoy each other so much.

Of the four of them, I have to say Jenny was the most even-tempered. I don’t remember her ever complaining except about how cold our house is. She was always exuberant about every place Sue and I
took them. She always liked the food we brought or fixed or had. She was genuine and real and happy.

Jenny was always interested in something -- her gerbils, her garden, Smokey or legos or pottery or fingerprint people. She always came over with her latest project or something to show us.

So from Jenny I have potholders. Lots of potholders. And many many Christmas tree ornaments. And cards. And a rice bag that she made that’s just like the aroma-therapy one I bought for my mother at Natural Wonders in the mall. Jenny did the things I did as a child - all the girl things that I haven’t always bothered
to teach my boys. Like fingernail polish. Pierced ears. And weaving potholders. She was so excited to show me how she had fixed up her room when we went to share her 13th birthday. It was fun. I’m glad I got to
share that with Jenny.

This is supposed to be about Jenny, but it’s hard for me to talk about Jenny without also talking about Chris. We are very thankful for Chris. And Sue and Ken. And both sets of grandparents. It is comforting to
have one another so we can continue to share in Jenny and the many good memories.