Damn. I am jealous of other people’s connections that they have been feeling with you lately. I woke up today feeling almost guilty for the numbness I have been swimming in the last couple of weeks. I can physically feel and mentally see you fading. Fading out of my head, dreams, conversations and my present moments. […]
The Essence of Chelsea Rose Murphy es•sence ˈesəns/ noun: essence 1 the intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, especially something abstract, that determines its character. PHILOSOPHY a property or group of properties of something without which it would not exist or be what it is. plural noun: essences 2 an extract or concentrate obtained […]
You were always able to loose yourself in music (didn’t even mean to throw an Eminem pun in here but I know you like it). But seriously, I have gotten back into slim shady these days because none of my friends were as well versed in his lyrics as you. It cracks me up remembering how […]
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 […]
See Chelsea I try and take you everywhere with me these days. Like you are some little token or a toy poodle I can stuff in my pocket and no one can really tell you are there except for me. In the morning, you hop in my car and we bump to gangsta tunes that […]
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, […]
It was tough picking out the song. It had to be just right… something I could play with my windows down, and of course – it had to be Kid Rock. It’s silly, I know. I felt like I had to be cool I guess. …or maybe I was just looking forward to having fun, […]
Insanity at it’s finest. Fire starter, Riot maker, Moon stricken, Animal need, Bad seed, Untamable beast. Tech N9ne “The Beast” Josh shared these lyrics at your service today. He said you used to recite them before each soccer game to get pumped up. You were a beast, babe. A beautiful, wild child who made no […]
My Favorite Memories – by Betsy Whitmarsh, a memorial of Chelsea Rose Murphy I found god in myself and I loved her, I loved her fiercely. – Ntozaje Shange This poem has always made me think of you, Chelsea. I’ve never known anyone as outwardly self-assured as you. I’ve always marveled at your confidence. You […]
The sound first appeared to waft upwards through the grate in the floor, passing up into the hallway outside my bedroom like a leaf blown into the sky on the first day of a fall season. The sound was different, strange, creating a feeling of curiousity in my 10 year old self – drawing me […]