For my sister in love

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For Jocelyn: The Quiet Strength That Carried Us

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It’s still hard to believe she’s gone.

On July 4, 2025, Jocelyn — my sister-in-love, my friend, my family — transitioned from this world into the arms of our Creator.
She wasn’t my sister by birth, but she loved me like she had known me forever. And in so many ways, she did.
For decades, she was steady, prayerful, gentle, funny, and full of grace. She was the quiet strength in the room, the one who would hold your hand, pray over your babies, and mean every single word she spoke.

Jocelyn loved my brother with everything she had.
Together, they built a family rooted in faith, love, and laughter — raising children, surviving grief, and walking through fire together.
Their firstborn, TJ, left this earth years ago. And now, Jocelyn is with him again. That brings a kind of peace that words can’t touch.

We honored her life in a homegoing service that felt like both a release and a promise.
The next day, we celebrated our grandmother’s 95th birthday — because this family, this love, knows how to hold joy and grief in the same breath.

Jocelyn wasn’t loud, but her love was.
She showed up. She covered us.
She believed in the power of prayer and the power of showing up when it mattered.
She was steady in the storm, and soft in the silence.

I miss her more than I can say.
But I know that everything she poured into us — her family, her children, her friends — it’s still here. It didn’t leave with her.
It’s in how we show up now. It’s in how we love. It’s in how we carry each other.

Jocelyn’s legacy is love in action.

So this post is for her.
The one who chose love every single time.
The one who prayed for us when we didn’t even know we needed it.
The one who loved me — not by blood, but by bond.

Thank you, Jocelyn.
You did this life with grace.
Now rest in glory, and hold TJ close for all of us.

With my whole heart,
Maya