{samantha marie}

samantha marie

january 15 - march 13

my sweet baby niece passed away on sunday.  she was two months old.  we miss her so much & my heart is breaking for her mom & dad.  her funeral is on friday & i am anticipating that there won't be a dry eye in the whole chapel.  things like this aren't supposed to happen, & when they do it leaves a whole lot of people asking "why".  i have been sick to my stomach since i heard the news sunday morning & i suspect it will continue to ache a while longer.  a long while longer.  shock & disbelief has definitely been felt as well.  it's very surreal.

thank you everyone for your kind words, thoughts, & prayers.  i will do my best to pass them on to sam's brother & his wife.  they have a lot of family to fall back on & can hopefully get by on some borrowed strength for a while.

i am grateful for a strong belief that kasey & laura will get to be with their daughter again some day.  that she will be reunited with her parents & three sisters again & they will live together as a family.  and that this time away from her is temporary.  i believe Heavenly Father has a plan for her, & that somehow in her two short months of life she fulfilled His plan for her.

however, it will be a while until we know the answers to the "why."  and our hearts will most definitely continue to ache a long while more.  until we get to see her again & until kasey & laura get to hold her in their arms again, she will be missed every single day & never forgotten.