Thursday, June 4, 2009

Thinking Of Kamber

Here lately I have been thinking a lot about Kamber. I do think of her every single day, very much on my mind as I go about my busy days. But here lately I have been thinking of her more often. Tears have filled my eyes each day as I have thought back on the days that Kamber was here. My heart is torn into shreds but somehow it hasn't brought me down. The tears have last minutes as I think of how we go about our days without her. I think of all the fun things that we do, without her. This week we went to Sun Splash and I thought of how much fun she would have had. Kamber had no fear and I knew that for sure she would love to go down the slides and insist on doing it by herself. I was sad that I only could imagine what it would be like rather than getting to see it for myself, but the picture in my head was pure happiness as I could see her. Oh how I miss her.

We are now in June and I am realizing that at this point last year that I only had a month and a half left with her. You can not even imagine the feeling that it gives me. A month and a half, sometimes I am glad that I didn't know what was coming. Here I am almost a year without Kamber and boy have things changed. I am noticing that my memory if fading a little and it hurts. I can't remember her smell nor do any of her things smell like her anymore. That is a hard one to accept. Every now and then I get little whiffs that remind me. The sound of her voice is fading and I have to watch a video of her to truly remember how she sounded. One nice thing that I am able to remember is how she felt in my arms. I get to remember this because of hugging my other girls. I love getting to hold each one of them and now I hold them a little longer to remember Kamber.

Life is going on and I can't say that I am at the stage of accepting that she is gone nor can I say that I am out of the angry stage. Each day is still a battle but I am continuing to fight. There are time I get so exhausted and just have to let go but after I rest I am ready to fight some more. I miss my little girl and wish that things could be different but I cling to the faith that one day I will be with her again, to raise her and that it will be far better than here.

4 comments:

Kelli said...

As I read this post I couldn't help but think of God's tender mercies. You've commented often on the tender mercies he has blessed you and your family with daily and this post helped me to realize the many tender mercies in my life and the lives of all those you've touched through this blog.

Jen, thank you for being one of those tender mercies.

Brittany said...

love you

The McNeil Family said...

I had so much fun with you yesterday.. I actually felt like we connected again as friends. I love you so much,and I know that your life has been hard.You are a blessing in my life and I am glad that we are still friends.

momof72nheaven said...

I know what you mean. I have kept Loughlin's phone going for 7 months just so I can call and hear his message. I miss him being in our family, in our daily lives. It is so very hard. I am thinking of you today. I will say an extra little prayer for you.

Kendalee
Loughlin and Rhiannon's mom

"Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while but their hearts... Forever."