Harper June Abla

"If I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me."
-Pablo Neruda


The joy of being your mother was one that I did not know a human being could experience. Your sweet soul and the endless possibilities of our life together taught me what it meant to dream, what it meant to be selfless, what it meant for magic to still exist in this world. There will not be a day that passes where I do not think about the sweetness of your presence, my precious daughter. Now and forever I will be your mother, and you, my little love, will always be my baby. Thank you for choosing me, my peony.

Harper June Abla is survived by her mother, Sierra Lee Corneil, father, Austin Reece Abla, her Grandmothers Brandy Corneil and Cheryl Abla, Grandfather Clay Abla, Aunts Raven and Dominique Corneil and Amanda Abla-Maloney as well as her great-grandparents Mike and Janet Miller, Beth Hathaway and Jane Abla and a myriad of family who cherished her.

Sierra asks in remembrance of Harper if peonies could be purchased as a symbol of her daughter's love and innocence. Flowers may be sent to 1317 S. Chase St, Lakewood CO, 80232.