Remembering Naomi Irion

Would you know my name?
If I saw you in heaven
Would it be the same?
If I saw you in heaven

I must be strong
And carry on
‘Cause I know I don’t belong
Here in heaven

Would you hold my hand?
If I saw you in heaven
Would you help me stand?
If I saw you in heaven

I’ll find my way
Through night and day
‘Cause I know I just can’t stay
Here in heaven

Time can bring you down
Time can bend your knees
Time can break your heart
Have you begging please

Begging please

Beyond the door
There’s peace, I’m sure
And I know there’ll be no more
Tears in heaven

Eric Clapton

Naomi represented so many different things to each of us. Youth. Beauty. Innocence. Wonder as she found her own way in a new life.

Naomi was just an independent 18-year-old girl going to work on an early March morning. She was kidnapped and then murdered on the lonely high desert plains of Northwest Nevada.

She loved rainbows and The Beach Boys. She had big dreams that she was working towards.

Rest In Peace, Naomi. Enjoy heaven’s rainbows. We’ll think of you every time one appears here on earth.

Naomi Irion — 2003-2022

More tomorrow.