Friday, July 8, 2016

Seven Years


Today we will gather to celebrate you, Jessica.  Friends and family alike will reminisce with their loved ones as they share ice cream in your memory.  For four years now this “celebration” has taken place - the same number of years since your nephew Jack entered into our lives.

And we continue to encourage everyone to join in on the Annual “Celebrate We Will, Because Life Is Short, but Sweet for Certain” ice cream day, as we are once again reminded of how sweet life is - and how short it can be.

Yes.  This year there will be even more heartfelt tears among the many smiles around us.  Not only has our beloved Oma become a part of your world, but so too, has your father.  Two more souls, no longer weighted down by their earthly struggles.

Jessica, it is my deepest hope that you can see how much love still surrounds you, and all of the loved ones we’ve lost since you’ve been gone.  My thoughts get lost in the vision of you and Justin smiling as you raise your glasses, while our broken hearts mourn those that you are welcoming home…and how I silently wish…that it was me…

But I know that one day we will be together again, just as I know that the lifework that has been entrusted to me, is not yet realized.  So until that moment in time is reached, my greatest wish is that you will always know how much I love you…and miss you…

Good night Miss Jessica.
I love you.
Always.


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thinking of you, your family, and Jess with warmth and lots of love.