“We don’t need to pretend this isn’t hard and we don’t need to pretend we don’t feel the deepest of pains for not having her physically with us,” he said. “But I think it’s important to express the gratitude that she was here. That she was a gift to all of us and she will continue to be a gift if we remember to live our lives with kindness, resolve and play. Nora Leonard never met a playground she didn’t like, and now she gets to play on one forever.”