Jessica,

it is so hard to write this, for so long i tried to pretend that this never happened.  i should have stayed closer, i regret that when i saw you last i didn’t talk to you much… too busy with my own thoughts…

some of my greatest memories are when i would come back from college in Portland and the first thing i would do is visit you.  sometimes you were so happy and others you were so, well, pissed.  mostly at my cousin…he had your heart. 

i drive by the new sign every day… i can’t help but cry or smile or laugh out loud when i remember some of the funny things you did…  you were the one who taught me how to do my makeup.  you sat next to me in choir and made funny jokes with me…james, need i say more. 

jess, i miss you dearly

love, Bethany