I’m not going to lie ~ it felt good to unplug just a bit.
Much as I love and appreciate you all, I just haven’t had anything good to share the past week.
The kids and I circled the wagons.
My oldest son travelled to the funeral with his dad, read a poem, read scripture from some font of strength for the 2000 people that gathered to mourn sweet Kaely Camacho. I watched him become a man this week.
I loved on my own 13 year old, who’s lost his running buddy on summer vacations in the sand and surf. And who somehow managed to sit through the first batch of his standardized tests that will determine pass or fail for his school year. And watched my daughter support her surviving cousin and become a Facebook champion for the movement to keep the drunk driver in jail where he belongs.
She should still be here. She’d just made the cheerleading squad. Her braces were supposed to come off soon. And not a day has gone by that I don’t think about their grandparents, one grandchild fewer, their aunt and uncle, one child missing, without shedding a tear. I know a day when come when I can look at her picture and not feel the tears prick and that overwhelming ache of sorrow for the whole family.
I looked for comfort in old joys. I’d forgotten that creative pursuits can be so healing.
I pulled out a couple of projects I had waiting in the wings.
And began the healing.
Thank you, friends, for your patience and your prayers. I have more uplifting things to share with you later this week. Promise. 🙂
In the meantime, I’d love for you to share in the comments what helps you heal… sewing? painting? writing? music? Please share.
Much love,
my heart is breaking for your family. i just watched the video on the news…. thinking of all of you.
She is absolutely beautiful. What a senseless tragedy.. Praying for your healing process.
This makes me so so so sad. She is a doll, and I’m glad to hear your daughter fighting to keep this man in jail. When I need to heal, I just have to make myself get up and do something…go for a walk, go to the grocery store, something to keep busy. I’m glad you’re finding some peace in being creative.
I know An Inch of Gray (she lost her son) posts a lot about grief and losing a child. Might be helpful to her parents to find a connection. This is truly awful. I’m sorry for your loss.
My heart is breaking for you and your family with this tragic loss. I loss a cousin this way 27 years ago, and the tears are still close in my heart. I will keep you all in my prayers.♥
I am so sorry for your tremendous loss…our family knows very well how that feels as we lost our nephew also to a senseless car accident..it was his summer before his senior year…he was a great kid, captain of his track team, a student loved by all…the driver got 15 years in jail….So senseless…My thoughts and prayers go out to the family…Again, I am truly sorry!
I have never lost anyone to drunk driving, but this is the reason I cannot find any good reason for alcohol. My prayers will include your family for some time. May God comfort all of you in His arms.
What a gut wrenching, senseless tragedy! Words can not express how truly sorry I am for your loss, Heidi. What a horrific thing to have to deal with, and I can not imagine being the parent of a child whose light was extinguished decades too soon! The agony that her parents must be in…
How brave and wonderful of her sister to be moved to call on others at such a devastating time, in order to seek some amount of justice for her sister. (There will never be enough, no matter how that man is punished, in my opinion.) Amazing that she had the presence of mind to want to organize support to keep her sister’s killer behind bars!
That man ….on second thought, I won’t share what I wanted to say. He will have his judgement day. I have all kinds of adjectives rolling around in my head, but If there is justice, he will never have a moment’s peace for the rest of his life.
Prayers for strength and healing for the family, friends, and anyone who knew and loved Kaely.
xoxo-Lisa
Thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. What a beautiful little girl. I find running very healing for me. It helps me take my mind off everything.
This is so very sad and I can’t even begin to imagine what a challenge this is for all who loved this child to heal, and move past the anger. I think in situations like this we turn to our highest thoughts and believes possible and take it one step at a time. xoxo Maya
I am so sad for you and your kids – to lose someone so young is a horrible tragedy.
Know that I am thinking of you all.
Kelly
You have not a thing to apologize for. Life is such a difficult journey sometimes. I wish you nothing but love and light…and for your kids as well. Everything else will come in due time. You are a treasure to me.
Karah