A Letter To The Lua Sisters……

Not too long ago, I decided to write a letter to my sisters. I think it was around the time I moved into my own apartment and was feeling the difference between having roommates around me to suddenly living alone. After I wrote this letter, I made several copies of it and sent it to all of my sisters including my late brother’s wife Sylvia. I’ve always considered her family no matter what. Anyway, below is my letter to them. I hope it inspires you to stay close or re-build a relationship with your loved ones. Enjoy…

Dear Lua Sisters,

Even though I don’t talk to you everyday, I think about you everyday. I know it seems like it’s an impossibility, but it is impossible to not think about you everyday. Even if it’s for a fraction of a second, you are in my mind every single day. Just like Dad and Chava. Yes, they are gone but ever since they left, they remain in my heart and in my mind everyday. It’s not something that I have to remind myself to do; it’s just something that happens. Not out of habit, but out of natural life almost. I feel like I cannot function my day without the thought of you. Whether I’m walking to my car, doing my laundry, or picking up some groceries, you are still in my heart and in my mind. I know it sounds weird to others. But, not really to me. When I pray about you, I feel like God sends a magical orb around you and your families to protect you. And when that happens, it makes me feel so safe. I may be physically far from you but you’re less than a conscious second away. I look at you in ways that always inspire. Inspire me to be better, to know more, and to believe in miracles because of your sole presence in my life. I always thank god for the blessings of you. Having sisters like you is like having many layers of arms ready to catch me when I fall. There is no better feeling of that security. I thank our amazing parents for creating the lives of eight amazing children. Many things can go wrong with so much responsibility, but the right things were taught to us the right way that we’ve managed to stay together. I wouldn’t exactly say managed because it seems like it was effortless. An effortless love that exist among us all. We are so lucky that it doesn’t feel like we have to try to love one another because we naturally do. I cherish the mental connection between all of us. I say mental connection because in my mind I always picture a “connect the dot” pattern connecting us no matter where we are. And, no matter where I am and what I’m doing, I’ll always be thinking of you, my sisters. I love you.

From your sister Chena,
Jessenia Lua Garcia