Best 25 years of my life because I shared it with you.
My dear sister and best friend,
you will forever live in my heart!
Until we meet again..
So I started this blog because i see the rest of my sisters doing it and my sister jenise suggested that i make one too.. so here we go..
Janelle and I are 27 days apart. We are first cousins, her father and my mother are siblings.
We spent every single important part of life with each other.
We first met in hawaii a couple days after she was born for our great grandmothers funeral, and have been inseperable ever since.
We are our grandmothers oldest grandchildren out of 21. And i couldnt have had a better partner.
She was always a better example than me, making best friends with the little girls and joking around with the boys as i just beat them all up.
Janelle being in my life my WHOLE life I have a TON of memories and stories to share. But than it would take you 25 years to read it and understand the life me and my sister had.
I shared this story at her funeral but its the earliest memory my family could remember of us that Im going to share again..
When Janelle and I were toddlers I used to go and steal her bottle, which she called a "tutu", as i laid there drinking both mine and her bottle she cried on the side for her tutu. Soon after she stopped calling her bottle a "tutu" and started saying "baba" because thats what i called it.
In kindergarten I remember our teacher bringing in a big fish tank full of octopus.
Janelle ran up to it and grabbed one out and ran to me and said "Look Rae!" and I started to cry!
Janelle and I were both baptized on the same day.. Feb. 5th, 1994. We both celebrated at the same place.. Pizza Hut. But this was when my family and I lived in Cali and Janelle and her family lived here in Utah. We thought it was so weird that we did the same things on the same exact day but lived in 2 different states.
When my family and I moved here to Utah I was 9 years old. Janelle and I ran straight up to her room and started talking like we were teenagers. One day Janelle asked me, "Hey Rae, do you think your mom will trade you for jenise?" my response was, "Or you could trade janessa places and be my sister!" We thought it was the best idea ever. But never had the guts to actually ask our mothers.
Around this time that my family and I moved here Janelle and I cried the day my mom signed me up for school because the school wouldnt let us be in the same class together. Little did we know then, we would have plenty of classes together.
Janelle and Jenise finally started going to school with me again at West Lake Jr High in the middle of mine and Janelles 9th grade year. And the first thing Janelle asked her counselor was to be put in every single one of my classes. From then on Janelle and I spent every single school day together.
When Janelle and I started high school we were so scared. We didnt know what to expect because we didnt have any older siblings to let us know how it was. So we spent our high school years the best way we could. We experienced friendships, relationships, drama and humor. Our best and worst memories came from high school. High school is where my sister met the love of her life and her eternal companion, Ron Tongaonevai.
They married 7 years later. I love Ron with all my heart because he loved janelle with all of his.
Janelle was ALWAYS there for me, no matter what i asked she was quick to reply.. "yeah rae! id love to!" The day before my baby brother left to St. George I called nelle and told her "my mom wants to have a quick fhe before bj leaves tomorrow, sorry so last minute but could u guys come?" her and jaz got to my moms in 6 minutes. Janelle was ALWAYS the person I turned to when i needed a shoulder to cry on. And she was the first person that always popped in my head when I needed somone to vent to.
I couldnt have asked for anyone else to take janelles place. Even tho I am older than her she was always a better example than me. I am proud of her choices in life. I am proud to call her my blood.
I am sad that after all these years spent with Janelle in my life I dont have my best friend anymore but I know she is still here with me spiritually. Shes with me everyday. Just like Nelle said in her blog.. "No matter how hard this road we call life gets, be at ease thru the Plan of Salvation and know that your bond is eternal like his loving touch." Im going to work harder to be a better example as you have shown me nelle and I do believe the church is true. And that we will be reunited again. I love and miss you with all my heart!! Until we meet again Nelle.. Ofa atu!
...FAMILIES ARE FOREVER...
