Well, Chels, I have traveled more since your passing than I ever have in my life. I think subconsciously, I must think I can run away from missing you. Turns out, that each time I return home, I am left feeling empty and sad. Being away and the vacations I have been fortunate enough to […]
As I was reading yet another book on grief/afterlife/near death experiences/etc in my search for solace, I came across this poem that spoke to my soul. I am going to write it below just as it is written by its original author, Sandy Goodman, only changing the name in the title. Chelsea’s Gift When you […]
It seems impossible that it’s been two years since I’ve gotten to touch you, smell you, laugh with you or experience your physical presence. Two years ago, I felt like I was sinking in quicksand, unable to pull myself out no matter how hard I tried. Over the past two years, I still have those […]
Well, I just made it through my second Mother’s Day without your physical presence. I had been dreading this day as I knew it would heighten my awareness of your absence. No, that’s not right, my awareness is always heightened. I guess, it’s just one of those holidays that you figure you will get to […]
Chelsea, It’s been one year, 365 days, 8,760 hours, 525,600 minutes since we spoke. There have been so many moments in this short year that you were not here in the flesh to share with us. You have been gone for such a short time, yet it seems like you have been gone forever. Even […]
Chelsea, today is the 6th month anniversary of your passing. As life moves forward, people revert back into their old routines of the everyday. But, not me – I am forever changed, forever plagued by what was and what will never be. As people move forward, I need them to remember to say your name! […]
The year moves on. Between the weeks and days are spaces filled with more than only time. Those minutes, moments, when your life stands still and aches in memory… And part of you needs to endure the dark because it means to have that love again. And, part of you prays for forgetfulness, because your […]
Chelsea, I wanted to be able to honor you by standing up and speaking about you, but there are just absolutely no words great enough to even begin to describe you. My sissy, the most beautiful angel to ever bless this earth with her presence. Anyone and everyone who was lucky enough to meet her […]
Chelsea – you are my sunshine, my incredibly beautiful bright light! Shining bright like the sun, your vast beams of personality radiated and left its imprint on my heart. You are like the colors of the sunset, the beautiful vibrant shades of orange I see when I look at the horizon. And, like the sunset, […]