Every August we gather together as a Frandsen family and honor and remember our sweet angel niece, Vittoria. It's been a few years since we were able to join the family on both Aug 16th, the anniversary of her passing, and Aug 23rd, her birthday.
This year, her birthday started out with our family speaking in my parents ward, where our records were for the limbo stage between moving.
The topic I was given was family. When I heard the date we were to be speaking, I about said no. How was I suppose to speak on family's on such a poignant day. Not only is August 16th Vittoria's day, it is also the anniversary of Luke's dad's awful mine accident. And... it happens to be my mom's birthday. Somehow I made it through my talk, Luke gave a wonderful talk, Adelia bore her testimony, Tianna gave a talk and did so well, people told us she seemed more like a returned missionary than a 9 year old girl.
Then as a family we sang "Families can be together forever." Luke was holding Linaya and she kept covering his mouth so he couldn't sing. It was hilarious, but the song was so touching, I spent more time crying during the song, than singing. So happy that families really CAN BE TOGETHER FOREVER!
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