One year ago today, the world lost one of the most beautiful people to ever walk this earth and I lost a beautiful friend Tina. I can’t believe it’s been one full year already. Her children are 1 year older, her gravesite, one year older. The anger towards the person that inflicted her death, has not gone away. He took a mother from her two beautiful children, and a daughter away from her parents, a sister from her brothers, and a friend from her friends. Jail almost doesn’t feel adequate. My views of the adequacy of the punishment are far worse than what Tina would have wanted. She was the gentlest person, the kindest person, and most importantly, the most forgiving of persons. I know she would want us to forgive him for doing this to her. Why is it so hard to forgive him? I’m guessing because in a lifetime, one year isn’t such a long time. Time heals, right? I’m having a tough time forgiving, because he took such a wonderful mother and such an amazing friend.
The one year anniversary of Tina’s death is also a day for celebration. My mother finished her last round of Chemo today. They gave her a “graduation” certificate, balloons, and flowers etc. The past 8 months have been nothing but a spiral of frustrations, heartaches, emotions, challenges, and younameits. We’re all ready to have this chemo over and done with! It’s so hard to watch your mother go through chemo that drains the energy from the one person
who you always thought was invincible. “Mom’s don’t get sick!” Well, reality is… they do… They just try to hide it, but sometimes their bodies have other ideas. I’m so thankful that my Mother’s cancer was caught so early. I’m so fortunate that she has had the BEST care from doctors and nurses, not to mention my father. I can only hope to one day find and marry a man as magnificent as he is.
So, Today is a bittersweet day.
The one year anniversary of Tina’s death is also a day for celebration. My mother finished her last round of Chemo today. They gave her a “graduation” certificate, balloons, and flowers etc. The past 8 months have been nothing but a spiral of frustrations, heartaches, emotions, challenges, and younameits. We’re all ready to have this chemo over and done with! It’s so hard to watch your mother go through chemo that drains the energy from the one person
who you always thought was invincible. “Mom’s don’t get sick!” Well, reality is… they do… They just try to hide it, but sometimes their bodies have other ideas. I’m so thankful that my Mother’s cancer was caught so early. I’m so fortunate that she has had the BEST care from doctors and nurses, not to mention my father. I can only hope to one day find and marry a man as magnificent as he is.So, Today is a bittersweet day.
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