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| Official picture used for her memorial |
(most recent update February 6, 2016) My beautiful, nerdtastic, silly, intelligent, brilliant, troubled, compassionate
stepdaughter left this world on January 13, 2016. She was only 16 and just a little over two months shy of her 17th birthday. We were so lucky to have a
stepparent-
stepchild relationship as well as a genuine friendship. In some ways, she was one of my best friends and we shared so much with each other. Although I was not her biological mother, I played a parental role in her life from the time she was three and she had only a few memories of her biological parents being together or them being a family. Even after her father and I separated in September of 2014, and later divorced in September of 2015, I still was her parent in both my eyes and her own. Because of this, I no longer use the "step" part of those relationship words unless it is truly needed for the sake or clarification. When and if needed in this blog, I will definitely strike through them in honor of our bond.
Gone far too soon, I am constantly finding songs I want her to hear, foods I want her to try, moments I want to share, pictures she has to see, and even jokes I know will make her laugh.
Oh how I miss that laugh. There is so much that I want to share with her on a daily basis that I needed an outlet. Many times I've began a text only to remember she's no longer here. This blog is for me and for her. It's my permanent connection to my baby girl.
Her passing was, and is, a tragedy. It's still difficult to write about what happened. Hell, I don't think I've actually fully accepted the fact that she's gone and how it all happened. Below are links to details.
About her life:
What happened:
Final cause:
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