Sissy

From FB:

These last few months have been a whirlwind- with prom, Bella being inducted into the National Junior Honor Society, watching Sissy graduate high school & soon starting college!! 👩🏻‍🎓🎉💜

As we turn to a new chapter in our lives I can’t help but reflect on how incredibly proud we are of our girls. Being a parent is the toughest job in the world & we are far from perfect parents. But I’d like to think that our love for them overcame all the hardships along the way.

After losing Hailey we were so broken & could have stayed that way forever. But somehow we’ve managed to pull through as a family. Our girls have surpassed any expectations we ever had of them. We only hoped they would be ok. We hoped we’d be ok for them. 😔 But we are more than ok. I see that now & it brings me a sense of relief, happiness & comfort to my aching heart. I’m proud of them, I’m proud of us. 💜

We miss her. Even & especially during the happiest of times. Our hearts will always ache for the past & the future that was taken with her in it. Yesterday they called out a girl’s name, "Hailey Anne” to come receive her diploma & my heart jumped & broke again in two because I realized that would be the closest I would ever come to hearing my baby’s name during graduation. 💔

Grief never ends.

But love doesn’t either. It keeps us going.

Our girls are proof. Watching them soar is our greatest joy. To our girls: My hope is that you keep soaring, keep dreaming, keep hoping, keep loving- just keep going. Even if one day at a time.

It doesn’t mean having the best career or the biggest house or bank account. Just be good people. Find joy in the little things. Find joy. 💜

But always reach for the skies. Because that’s where you’ll find your sister. Stay there & remain close forever. 💜