A Spirit That Lights Up the Room

She burst through the morning like she owned the day. Tail spinning circles

ready to run and play. Down to the lake where the cool wind sings.

Splashing through the shallows like a hardhat wings. Nanny in the kitchen with a

smile on her face. Pappy on the pathway. Her favorite place.

Hope had a spirit that could light up a room. Joy in her

footsteps, sunshine and bloom. Every run through the grass, every leap by

the shore. You felt her love in a way we still feel even more.

She was family, and that truth won't fade. A bright gentle soul that our