Laura, these last few days you have been in my thoughts a lot more than usual.  I was talking to a young woman at the deli counter today and even though she didn't look like you she made me think about you intensely. She was outgoing, happy, polite to the counter person and joking with him. I just kept thinking about you while I was witnessing the exchange. Her personality was so much like you, my sweet daughter.  

 Repurposed from my Facebook feed. 

Karen is the real deal.  I know through experiences 

Missing my Sierra girl

 

 f I could have just one more day with you….......

I would hardly speak. I would simply listen to your voice and commit every tone of it to memory until it became my favorite melody.

I would look at you. I would study your eyes and your mouth, and I would learn every angle, every pane of your face until I could see you perfectly with my eyes closed.

I would hold your hand in mine. I would trace all the lines on your palm until they became a trail – a map - that I could retrace on my own palm every time I felt lost.

I would soak you up and breathe you in until there was not a single thing that I could not recall at a moment’s notice.

But more than anything, if I had one more day with you,

I would hold you.

I would hold you so tight, hoping that maybe if I didn’t let you go…

You wouldn’t.

Yes, if I had just one more day with you, I would hope… I would hope so hard…

that you wouldn’t have to leave again.

Reposted from my Facebook page. Source: Love Cardinal

Sierra was my special angel

 Sierra never left my side during my darkest days. She was my best friend, and I miss her so much. Hopefully, she is with Laura. I can't imagine Heaven without dogs!

 Some days I am still struggling with my daughter's passing. It will be 16 years this November. I have to remind myself to live with what "is" and not wish for what "if."