I returned from New York today. I went there with Joanne and Joey to be with Justin and Pilar for a time. As I feared, they decided to come back earlier than I would have liked, so I took Faith up on an offer which guaranteed me passage back to North Carolina.

Tanya was a beautiful girl. She had dreams. She wanted to be a model, and, from what I've seen, she had a certain something. It hurts that I never knew her. She was a name. Just as Justin was. Now, however, Justin is more, and Tanya is the sister I never knew. I miss her. All the more so because I never got to find out who she was and how wonderful a creature she was. There were many people at her wake and at the mass. Scores. That says a lot about her, I think.