In loving memory of our daughter, Carrie Lynn Connor, whose thirty-fourth birthday is today.

August 27, 1973 – April 4, 1990

The legacy that you bestowed,

Of journals and essays and poems,

Has fed our hungry souls

Since the day God took you home.

We've read your thoughts a thousand times,

A thousand times we hear,

Your voice, like it was yesterday,

Melodious and clear.

You wrote of helping other kids,

Who had far less than you.

Your pen told tales of kindness,

Your spirit shining through.

Your goals were down on paper,

Dreams whispered on each page,

Hopes forever unfulfilled,

Now yellowing with age.

Your words are with us always,

As each birthday passes by.

And now you'll celebrate each year

With Joshua by your side.

We love and miss you.