Kim was my baby sister and younger than me by almost three years. She would get so excited at Christmas that she couldn’t sleep. She still believed in Santa Claus. I used to sing Christmas songs to her and tell her stories to get her to go to sleep on Christmas Eve. It always worked!

When we got older, we sang together a lot. Our favorite Christmas song was Winter Wonderland. I would sing the melody and she the harmony. I can still hear us singing that song in the stillness of the night when I cry silent tears because she is no longer with me.