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Dear Charlotte,
It has been far too long since I have written to you, and I had all but given up entirely on this blog when God told me not to. No, I didn't hear an actual voice in my head (your momma isn't crazy - yet!), but I was thinking about these letters to you and how I have failed so miserably at continuing them when I read an article that was posted on Facebook last night. In it, Charlotte, a 36 year-old mother wrote her "final goodbye" in the form of a blog post. She had bowel cancer, knew her life was near its end, and wrote a beautiful love letter to her readers. In it, she said, "I have so much life I still want to live, but know I won't have that. I want to be there for my friends as they move with their lives, see my children grow up... All these things are to be denied of me. But, they are not to be denied of you. So, in my absence, please, please, enjoy life. Take it by both hands, grab it, shake it and believe in every second of it."
Your daddy's sweet friend Kevin, who passed away of cancer in 2012, has an amazing mom, Diane. We keep in touch through social media and she is the one who posted the article. She wrote, "The greatest gift she left, besides her love, was the legacy of her writings. The same thing for us...Kevin left us so many of his written thoughts, so that we can always remember the kind of person he was, and was on the way to becoming."
I feel like God was speaking to me through Charlotte and Diane's words. I want to continue to write to you, so that you will always know what kind of person I am and how much your presence in my life has changed me for the better.
By the way, I've never been more happy that we named you Charlotte.
I love you,
Mommy
P.S. The blog post, in its entirety, can be found here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/charlotte-kitley/bowel-cancer-charlotte-kitley_b_5836238.html
It has been far too long since I have written to you, and I had all but given up entirely on this blog when God told me not to. No, I didn't hear an actual voice in my head (your momma isn't crazy - yet!), but I was thinking about these letters to you and how I have failed so miserably at continuing them when I read an article that was posted on Facebook last night. In it, Charlotte, a 36 year-old mother wrote her "final goodbye" in the form of a blog post. She had bowel cancer, knew her life was near its end, and wrote a beautiful love letter to her readers. In it, she said, "I have so much life I still want to live, but know I won't have that. I want to be there for my friends as they move with their lives, see my children grow up... All these things are to be denied of me. But, they are not to be denied of you. So, in my absence, please, please, enjoy life. Take it by both hands, grab it, shake it and believe in every second of it."
Your daddy's sweet friend Kevin, who passed away of cancer in 2012, has an amazing mom, Diane. We keep in touch through social media and she is the one who posted the article. She wrote, "The greatest gift she left, besides her love, was the legacy of her writings. The same thing for us...Kevin left us so many of his written thoughts, so that we can always remember the kind of person he was, and was on the way to becoming."
I feel like God was speaking to me through Charlotte and Diane's words. I want to continue to write to you, so that you will always know what kind of person I am and how much your presence in my life has changed me for the better.
By the way, I've never been more happy that we named you Charlotte.
I love you,
Mommy
P.S. The blog post, in its entirety, can be found here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/charlotte-kitley/bowel-cancer-charlotte-kitley_b_5836238.html
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