LaChance's sister, Janice died two years before his wife left him. LaChance and Janice were very close.
Easter was the last time LaChance was going to see his sister. They were arguing over LaChance's relationship with his ex-wife. He describe it as only a fight siblings could have. He eventually realized that she was only looking out for him and wanted the best for him.
Janice died in May. She took a nap and never woke up. Her kids were home, thought she was sleeping, and didn't bother her. Janice's husband found her dead.
This event was a very difficult time in LaChance's life. The sister that he looked up to wasn't going to be with him anymore; they weren't going to grow old together in a nursing home like they had joked about.
At the funeral, LaChance thought it was going to a somber time for him to reflect on their relationship, but when he got up to her casket, LaChance felt anger, pain, and fear. He didn't understand why God chose him to have to deal with this kind of pain. LaChance's relationship with God dwindled until there wasn't a relationship anymore.
"Early one morning about a year after Janice's death, Lydia told me she had seen Aunt Jan. 'She was in my closet last night wearing a pretty yellow dress.'"
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