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Hannah Ray passed away, and it's not good.
26 year old, second grade teacher, pretty, wonderful voice, the nicest person you will know, and she's gone now.
She's too nice for this world.
So, so, so true, but we're all selfish about wanting her to be here.
She is a believer in God and Jesus Christ, so all of us believers know she's home now with her Father.
But still...it hurts.
I'm not someone who always gets close to people because when you lose them, it hurts.
But it was hard to not admire, respect, and look up to Hannah.
And though we weren't close, and though I didn't see or speak to her often, it still hurts.
It's like there is a piece of me missing, and it feels odd.
I cannot even imagine what her parents, siblings, my children and every other friend and family member is going through because this isn't fair.
People like her are supposed to die of old age.
People like her are supposed to go on and influence and mentor thousands of people as they go through her classes.
People like her are what we need for the world to be better.
They're not supposed to leave so early.
But...
She's where we all want to end up in Heaven.
She is hearing well done good and faithful servant from Jesus.
She's in no more pain and on no machines.
She's conversing with all of the people of the Bible and all of her friends and family that have gone before us.
She is with Jesus.
And how great is that?!
Yet...
That hole that I have and how everyone else who knew her won't fill.
I heard someone say that losing a loved one is like losing a body part.
You never get over it because you're different, but you learn to adapt and move on.
How are you and everyone doing has been asked a lot.
The answer...not good, but there's been a lot of crying and a lot of laughing when sharing or thinking of her.
But it sucks.
I don't miss just her, but what she was.
It wasn't her hair, her face or anything physical, it's the way she lived and just how she...was.
I miss her.
And I pain for all those who loved her so much because she was so much the representation of Jesus's love.
https://www.hughestaylor.net/obituaries/hannah-ray
