My dearest mommy,

                                               As you have told me many of times, when a person leaves this world, days go on. They do. The days go on, but the pain lives on inside of me. You were my person. My mom and my best friend, all in one. My mom first. You have taught me so many lessons in life. One was how to be strong. “God gives his strongest battles, to his toughest soldiers” I remember when grandma was close to passing and you saw me crying, you told me this and I said, “I’m tired of being the strong one” and you told me that I have to be strong for Brook. Full cycle when you were sick not long after. Those words are forever imprinted in the back of my mind. Everyone tells me that I have your strength and god help me, I pray so. You were the strongest person I knew. When daddy passed away, you were strong and gave me the strength to get through his passing and that is what I am going to do for Brook. I will continue to smile and continue to be strong and make sure Brook is happy, just as you wished, I will forever have missing pieces inside of my heart, but, I will serve you proudly and I have you to forever thank for that. Signs of you being with us, will always be with us and it gives me so much joy. Though you can’t be here physically, I know you’ll forever be here with us. Thank you for fighting as long as you did. I’ll forever be thankful for the extra time we had. No one will ever really know what lyes inside of me, besides you and a few. I told daddy to make sure you still have your karaoke nights up in heaven, because you know Brook and I will still have those savage household karaoke nights in remembrance here. I love you and miss you so much and will forever and always. My Ethel to my Lucy, my Sophia to my Dorothy, my buttercup and my chicken little head. Thank you for everything. Too infinity and beyond.