Amanda

She was the greatest thing that ever happened to me, like most children are. Her young, beautiful, and infectious smile, her curiosity in the world and the objects around her. Her huge eyes absorbing knowledge and words one at a time. Innocence. Purity. Perfection.

She was the worst thing that ever happened to me, like death often is. Her smile fading away with her last breath, the confusion, the pain, the fear. Her eyes, welled with tears, closing one final time. Sadness. Exhaustion. Perfection.

She was my blessing and my curse. She gave me reason to live and energy to go on. She also took it away and changed my life forever. May I forever remember her and live in the little moments that we shared.