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I lost my daughter three years ago.<\/p>\n
And not a single day has passed where I haven\u2019t thought of her.<\/p>\n
She had just turned 29.<\/p>\n
We had celebrated her birthday only a week before. There were candles, laughter, her children running around, and that beautiful smile of hers\u2014the one that could light up any room.<\/p>\n
If I close my eyes, I can still see it.<\/p>\n
I can still hear her voice.<\/p>\n
She was the sweetest person you could ever meet.<\/p>\n
Kind in a way that wasn\u2019t loud or showy\u2014just gentle, natural, real.<\/p>\n
She was the kind of person who checked on others before herself. The kind who carried so much, but still found a way to give love to everyone around her.<\/p>\n
She was also a mother.<\/p>\n
A beautiful, devoted mother to four children who adored her.<\/p>\n
She loved them with everything she had.<\/p>\n
But behind that love\u2026 there was pain.<\/p>\n
After her last baby, something changed.<\/p>\n
She struggled in a way I couldn\u2019t fully see at first.<\/p>\n
Postpartum depression.<\/p>\n
A silent weight that doesn\u2019t always show itself clearly.<\/p>\n
She did everything she was supposed to do.<\/p>\n
She asked for help.
\nShe spoke to doctors.
\nShe tried to fight it.<\/p>\n
And I truly believed\u2026 she was going to be okay.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s the part that stays with me.<\/p>\n
The belief.<\/p>\n
The hope.<\/p>\n
Because the truth is\u2026 sometimes the pain is stronger than the help.<\/p>\n
And that\u2019s something no one ever prepares you for.<\/p>\n
The day we lost her\u2026<\/p>\n
is a day I will never forget.<\/p>\n
She was found at a walking trail park.<\/p>\n
Her husband\u2026 and her in-laws\u2026 were the ones who found her.<\/p>\n
Even writing those words feels unreal.<\/p>\n
Like something that shouldn\u2019t belong to my life.<\/p>\n
That day didn\u2019t just break my heart.<\/p>\n
It shattered it.<\/p>\n
I am a mother to five daughters.<\/p>\n
Five beautiful girls.<\/p>\n
Now\u2026 four are here with me.<\/p>\n
And one\u2026<\/p>\n
has gone on ahead.<\/p>\n
People say time heals.<\/p>\n
But grief like this doesn\u2019t go away.<\/p>\n
It just changes shape.<\/p>\n
Some days it\u2019s quiet.
\nSome days it\u2019s overwhelming.<\/p>\n
And some days\u2026 like anniversaries\u2026 it feels like it just happened yesterday.<\/p>\n
I still think about the things I wish I had said.<\/p>\n
The signs I wish I had seen.<\/p>\n
The moments I wish I could go back to.<\/p>\n
But more than anything\u2026<\/p>\n
I think about her.<\/p>\n
Who she was.<\/p>\n
Not just how we lost her.<\/p>\n
She was love.<\/p>\n
She was light.<\/p>\n
She was my daughter.<\/p>\n
And she still is.<\/p>\n
Now I try to live in a way that honors her.<\/p>\n
To be there for her children.<\/p>\n
To keep her memory alive.<\/p>\n
To speak her name.<\/p>\n
Because she mattered.<\/p>\n
She still matters.<\/p>\n
And she always will.<\/p>\n
My heart is broken.<\/p>\n
It may always be.<\/p>\n
But it\u2019s broken because it loved her so deeply.<\/p>\n
And that love\u2026<\/p>\n
will never leave. \ud83d\udc94<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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