As I worked on my eulogy last evening, I became more and more impressed with how much Kay, as the oldest of us Hoitenga Sisters, had unassumingly jammed into her life.

Enjoy her efforts, efforts she would call modest, with me in her newspaper obituary.

Meanwhile, before I attend her services this weekend, I’ll be attending the 50th reunion of my nursing program at the same school Kay attended, the Blodgett Memorial Hospital School of Nursing.

In fact, Kay and I went to some reunions of the school together. This brings back fond memories of her finding her classmates and me finding mine, then regrouping, comparing notes, and chuckling through our stories.

And this song fills my mind this morning as I hit the road, God be with you till we meet again…