![]() We laughed and recalled memories of past parties, gatherings and just about everything and “Family Night” established. Now I know everyone was thinking, “what the heck is she thinking”, but on that first Thursday Jaye brought a box of photographs for us to go through. Shortly after leaving Seattle, I had this bright idea that we’d meet as a family once a week. I know that she was a loving and caring aunt, ask her nieces and nephews. Even my parenting failures were something she could see the positive in. Look at Clayton, remember Christopher! I learned a lot about parenting just watching her. Merciful in everything because she was always true to herself. ![]() Always a truth-teller, she was kind with her words, never with meanness or malice and always generous with her grace. She was outspoken never bullied or cowed. And you knew, even without asking that everything she did reflected her own personal style.īrother Randall is right, she brought both sass and class to our family. ![]() You just got inspired when you’d see her new renovations or color scheme. Now I am a fashionista but Jay had me topped because she was able to decorate more than just herself. She was always bright, colorful, creative, vibrant and full of life. I know there is something that she found to love in every one of us. We learned the Electric Slide one New Year’s Eve, we sat through a time-share presentation to get free tickets for a show in Vegas, we had a cousins/sisters sleepover, complete with a movie, Pokeno and a 2am trip to the Casino Queen, we attached false fingernails even though we only had one set between us- I think I had one thumbnail- and we took a long bus trip to a Mississippi family reunion. My parents were always Mom and Dad to her.įor every memory that I share here, there are hundreds that will come flooding back every time we think of Jaye. Like Ruth, Chris’s people were hers and her people were his. And when they decided to marry, I was ecstatic that I finally was going to have a little sister. Jaye took her time, forming her own thoughts and opinions about the people and things around her. Jaye was not only beautiful on the outside, she was a beautiful soul. All because of Jaye and his love for her.Īnd it wasn’t just Chris, all of us fell in love with her. He got rid of the cane, he lost the limp, returned to Tufts and got his degree. Chris was that lame man who walked again. It was like that song, “One of a Kind Love Affair". But Chris took a class at UMSL where he met Jaye. Scarred, bruised, his leg in a cast, he walked with a cane and we really didn’t know if he’d ever walk without a limp. Shortly after a terrible accident, brother Clyde traveled to Boston to bring Chris home. But it was my duty to tell you how much she meant to the Cahill family. ![]() How could I ever be able to sum up her beautiful life in the short few moments I have with you here today? Then I realized I couldn’t. How could I explain the kindness in her heart, the contagiousness of her joy, or the depth of her love? It’s just that she was so remarkable. But how could I conceivably communicate what a wonderful person Jaye was? There were so many beautiful things that I wanted to say about Jaye. So often when asked speak on behalf of the family, it has fallen to one of my brothers but today, I, Marina Cahill better known as Pill, have the honor and privilege to pay tribute to a very special, and irreplaceable person in our lives - my beloved sister-in-law, Janet-Jaye.
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