Friday August 3, 2007

Good morning friends and family,

It hardly seems possible, one week ago today. What a long day it was and it makes my heart ache to think that I could still hold Kerrie in my arms on that day and not now. I miss her so much.

I look around the house and see so much to do (that is not a plug for help by the way, much of it I need to do myself) . I am trying to prioritize, maybe pay bills so nothing gets shut off ?  :)  Or make a few phone calls that need to be done? But, don’t really feel like doing any of it, so we’ll see.

Jenn and I talked about the many beautiful and heartfelt gifts Kerrie recieved during the long year of her illness. Little by little over the next weeks we are going to sort and organize things.  I want to let those of you who made her a hat or a blanket or gave her a stuffed animal or game or some other item, that many of the things she received will be kept by us, and some we are going to donate to an organization (not sure which yet, but will start with Leukemia and Lymphoma Society or Children’s Leukemia Foundation). We would like to offer you the opportunity of retrieving any of the items you gave her, if you would like, as a memento of Kerrie or to give to your own children or grandchildren. She (and we) enjoyed and appreciated each and every one and we don’t want to just pack them away or give them away if they would have meaning for you.

We will continue to post on this page and hope to be able to put more pictures on here as well as put videos and movies on the funeral home site. One of the things I am hoping to find as we go through boxes are Kerrie’s videos when she was in singing competitions. They are there somewhere, hopefully not in the bottom of the last box we go thru. And hopefully they have survived the moves and packing and repacking they have experienced.

Take care all

We love you

Joan