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Happy Birthday, Hannah

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Honouring my sister on what would have been her 37th birthday. I love you.

June 9, 1989 - May 3, 2004

My sister and I in 1994 for a professional studio portrait. I’m on the left in a blue sweatshirt with a typical neat ‘90s haircut and an embarrassing overbite. My sister is beside me on the right with her brown hair loose, and wearing a white and red checkerboard patterned dress. She isn’t showing her teeth when smiling.Hannah on the left and her friend Kate on the right before a large orange sign that says “Halloween 2001 Dance” with little drawings of bats and spiders around the text and an orange balloon for one of the 0s in “2001.” Hannah is dressed in a rainbow skirt with a gold bracelet on her right arm, her friend Kate is dressed as a stereotypical witch with a grey costume, black cape, and black pointed hat.Hannah in the First Grade with her teacher, both wearing the same outfit: a blue denim blouse with white edges and sleeves. They stand in front of a board covered in hand drawn cakes with the months of the year written on them and “Happy Birthday” on to tops where the students would have their names displayed in their birthday months. The calendar behind them shows that it was taken in September.A month old Hannah sitting in my 2-year-old lap. She appears to be trying to sit up while wrapped in a blue blanket. I’m wearing a white outfit with red edges and gaudy red pants. We are sitting on a brown afghan atop a brown couch with dark brown, red, and blue flower patterns. The greenish/brown wallpaper has similar diamond patterns upon it. Behind the couch is a window with white and green curtains. Some style!A newborn Hannah in her crib under a yellow blanket and atop a blue bedding. A white cushion with blue dots is on the right of the crib to prevent her from falling out.A month old Hannah sitting in my 2-year-old lap. She is looking to the right with a look of surprise on her face as I look down at her. She is wearing a white onesie with little blue flowers on it. I’m wearing a red shirt with black and white vertical stripes. A blue pillow is behind us. We are sitting on brown couch with dark brown, red, and blue flower patterns.Hannah as a toddler standing before a couch at Christmas with a large red ribbon on her head while she eats a piece of candy. She wears a blue outfit. Various dinosaur and dragon toys fill the room and sit atop the couch covered in a floral patterned throw.Hannah as a toddler standing in the old kitchen and proudly showing off her new red Care Bear. The counters are worn and covered in cups, a loaf of Wonder bread, bananas and asthma treatment tools. Bottles of ginger ale and coke are around and in the sink on the right along with a yellow bottle of dish soap.Hannah dressed for Easter in a pink rose dress with blue and white patterns around it. She wears a white bonnet atop her curly hair. A little rocking chair sits behind her beneath a window.Hannah dressed for her first ever dance recital. She wears exaggerated makeup (blue around her eyes, and red cheeks) while wearing a polka dot dress. She holds a bouquet of pink and white flowers in both hands. The shelves in the background are adorned with figures and plates showing black and white springer spaniels. A black fireplace is behind her.Hannah takes a pony ride at a local petting zoo. She sits atop the brown and white pony and smiles in her white dress. Two teenagers dressed in blue uniform shirts are on the side to guide the horse on its path. A yellow building is in the background with a blue door for an entrance.A baby Hannah playing with a yellow saxophone toy on the floor. A red cart of toys and crafts is to the right. You can see my torso on the left in a blue and white shirt as I watch her play. A toy pan is between us. A black rug with white floral patterns is in the background.A toddler Hannah dressed in a blue gown looks to the right of the image at a white waterfowl that had startled her at a petting zoo. The duck is in a sort of trough and swimming around.A teenage Hannah dressed in a white sweatshirt and jeans poses on the edge of our deck in winter. There is snow on the ground. A gazebo is in the background on the right. An above ground pool is on the left. A neighbouring green house is in the background.A teenage Hannah dressed in a white sweatshirt and jeans poses in a brown wicker chair beneath a stained glass artwork showing a bouquet of red, pink, and yellow roses.A teenage Hannah dressed in a white sweatshirt and jeans poses before the fireplace and mantle. Our pictures are above the mantle while a white sleigh pulled by a white reindeer decorates the middle of it. She has her arms crossed and is smiling.A teenage Hannah dressed in a white sweatshirt and jeans sits on the floor with our old dog Jackson, a black and white springer spaniel, with the dining room table behind them both. A red placemat is draped over a chair on the right. The dining room table is behind them both atop a green and pink rug.Hannah in a red dress and her hair left loose as she prepares to graduate from the 8th grade. She stands beneath a red maple tree and before a garden with green plants beginning to spring to life. The grass is spotty with large, bare patches of dirt between them. The sun is beginning to set in the distant background.My little sister Hannah in a blue onesie kissing a white snowman decoration with a green scarf and red earmuffs.My sister Hannah in the last photo ever taken of her to my knowledge. She is wearing our high school uniform (black sweater over a white dress shirt) and smiling for school picture day against a blue backdrop.
Date June 9, 2026
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