Good-bye Hannah Lea...You are Incredibly Loved...

I haven't cried this much...I don't think *ever*. I certainly didn't cry this much after 9/11. This child's life has touched my heart so...and my sadness over her loss is deep and painful. Sadness for her mother, my friend Diana (who wrote "My womb is empty and my breasts are full..."), her brother, Hayden, the world...
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Hannah Lea Jenner left this life peacefully, in her mother's arms, early on February 24, 2006. She was exactly 1/2 of 19 years old and had a smile on her face, as she so often did. Chemotherapy had just begun for her recently diagnosed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, but infection too quickly claimed her body.

Hannah was an amazing human being, who reveled in the freedom of her environment. Experiences great and small were greeted head on and recounted with joy and gratitude. She has left behind a trail of inspiration and gifts of appreciation. May all who have been blessed with her presence revel in the smiles she gave and the love she shared.

Survivors, grateful for having loved her, are her mother Diana (Lambert) Jenner; her brother, Hayden Jenner, 7; her grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and countless friends-who-should-be-family. She is embraced on the other side by her father, Mitch Jenner, and all the others who have gone before her.

In memory of Hannah, the family requests outpourings of love and tender regard to every child, and gratitude on the parts of parents of living children everywhere. ~~~~~~~~~~~

Hannah's last words were: "Don't worry about me, Mom, I'm a rock."