thank you mom

Here's a poem my mom wrote right after Andrew passed. She signed it from us, from I know she is the one who wrote it and I thank her for that (other than the first 4 lines which she readily admits she 'borrowed' from another poem).

Andrew

An angel wrote in the book of life

Andrew's date of birth

Then she whispered as she closed the book

"Too beautiful for earth"

We weren't prepared to say goodbye

Before we said hello

We couldn't accept not holding you

Before you had to go

We wanted to cuddle you, stroke your cheek

and watch you play

We could never imagine that you

wouldn't get to stay

So remember Andrew, we love you

and that's a special love

we hold you close beside us

feeling your sweetness from above

We will love you forever,

Mommy, Daddy, and Katelyn

i hope you're happy in heaven

Today is my sister Mary K's birthday.  I wish I could write about how important my family has been in my healing process, but there aren't really words.  Maybe I'll try someday.  For Mary K's birthday, I want to show her something to be proud of.  This is a drawing from my niece Kylee.  If you know Kylee, I'm sure this comes as no surprise.  She drew this on her own one day at my house.  We hadn't been talking about Andrew or anything.  She just went upstairs and came back down a bit later and gave this to me.  You can imagine how special that was to me.

"I hope you're happy in Heaven Andrew"