by "Jack Cassidy" <Jacapat2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
May 20, 2008 at 12:41 AM
queenbee2 wrote:
> Dear groupmates,
> The 20th of this month would have been my daughter's 16th birthday.
> She was killed by a hit and run driver on October 10, 2006 when she
> was 14. She and her then 16 year old sister were walking home from
> their church youth group. It was the most horrible day of my life.
> Though it was 1 1/2 years ago I could recite every moment of that day
> as if it had just happened.
>
> Last year we marked her birthday by scattering her ashes in the desert
> amongst the wild flowers. We released balloons with notes and
> remembered stories about her. It was the right thing to do at the time
> and though painful felt good. This year feels different. Both my
> daughters looked forward to their 16th birthdays for many years. It is
> a truly special birthday and we will miss celebrating with her.
>
> I certainly do not feel like celebrating anything, in fact I would
> like to go to sleep and wake up 2 days later having missed the 20th
> all together. My older daughter plans to go to church and present a
> tribute at the youth service. Though she wants me to attend and I
> should go to sup****t her, I just can't do it. I know that I would sit
> and weep and be unable to hear anything that was said.
>
> How is it that time p***** and the pain does not seem to lessen?
> Though I suppose we function it takes a few notes of a certain song or
> the sight of a teenaged girl with long dark hair to begin the flood of
> tears. How in the world do I make it through another birthday? I know
> I will always be a grieving mother and my head tells me that some days
> will be more difficult. My heart doesn't understand and seems
> shattered into a million pieces.
> Debbie
Debbie,
I hope today p***** with as little pain as possible.
Thinking of you and your daughter on her sixteenth birthday.
--
Jack Cassidy
Patti's dad
3/17/79~~10/1/96
Your light still ****nes in my heart.
Peace.
