Dear friends,
Please send prayers…….We are in pain…..this family is in such enormous pain. Friday night, my future daughter in law, who lives with my son and I passed away at the age of twenty eight, from natural cause……
It is a complete shock, and once again, I guess I keep thinking that if I just don’t say it, it won’t be real. We have not grieved but four weeks since the baby died. And here we are again. I have tried to write about it but my pain has been so intense. My tears are non stop. Watching my young son, lose the love of his entire life, on top of the baby’s passing is so painful.
Shannon was a sweet girl. She loved her family, her Alzheimer’s patients where she worked as a CNA and her pets. She and my son were born to be together. The met each other nine years ago and they just clicked. They were always so cute together, the kind of couple who just were devoted to each other. Engaged a few years ago, they committed to one another as they tried to save for a wedding.
In November, Shannon and her mom had to move because their apartment was being sold. Her mom was moving to a single dwelling with no pets, and so I offered Shannon Sara’s room, as she had her beloved guinea pig, lion mane rabbit, bearded dragon and Louis, the cat. She accepted and since that time we have lived here happily, in peace. Since I work a ton, Shannon just picked up jobs without being asked. The house was picked up, she did all the laundry, my gardening was done, and she was always adding or doing something to make the house homey. She and Joey cooked their meals together. I used to laugh at her movie collection of mostly scary movies, her Walking Dead obsession, and her love of all thing spooky. She was most content at home and she was starting to feel as if this was her home.
That’s as far as I can get today, as the flood has begun again…I am trying but I just can’t… this has been my therapy, but the pain is too great today…. just please, pray for us all. My heart is broken watching not one but all my children grieve, and Shannon’s family, and myself.
Hug your kids…. you never know. Her last words to me were thank you and I love you. She was a daughter to me, nothing in law about it…. and she is gone… far too young.
Chris