Amara Strande Care Expenses

April 14, 2023

Dear friends and family,

We will not say Amara passed, for it was not an easy and gentle effort.

We will not say we lost Amara, as we were never careless with her. We did not misplace her.

Amara died. She died this morning at 5:25 am.

Brave and valiant.

She lived right up until she died. She had done all the treatments and surgeries she could. She did not go on hospice to die, she went on hospice to live. She squeezed every last drop of joy out of every second of her life right up to the last day.

From her legislative advocacy for a Minnesota environment free from toxins, to her composing songs about her life experience with cancer, to singing in the MN Chorale with the Minnesota Orchestra two weeks ago…Amara lived life big and bold. She loved her communities and went the distance so others would hopefully be spared, and if not spared, at least provided with comfort for the way.

Our Amara has died. It is only through facing the reality of death that we can face the promise of new life.

“I am the Resurrection and I am Life, says the Lord.

Whoever has faith in me shall have life,

even though she die.

And everyone who has life,

and has committed herself to me in faith,

shall not die for ever.”

Sing, our Love, with your fully restored voice. Dance, our girl, with the agility and lightness of your body. Play that piano, our Beauty, with the freedom of both hands upon the keyboard. We honor the Holy that lives within you our precious daughter and sister. You are Beloved.

We love you for forever. We will see you in dreamland.

Arrangements are pending.

Dana, Michael and Nora