05/23/2026
A year ago today, our world stopped. And there are still moments, quiet ones, ordinary ones where I reach for you. Where I want to call you, tell you something, hear your voice tell me it’s all going to be okay.
You didn’t just love me, you saw me. You welcomed me into this family like I had always belonged there, and that kind of love doesn’t just leave when a person does. It stays. It lives in the way I parent, the way I love your son, the way I show up for this family we’re all still building in your honor.
I think about what you would say if you could see us now. I think you’d be proud. I think you’d probably also have something sweet and funny to say to lighten the room because that was always your gift.
The babies are growing so fast. I wish you were here to see it. I wish they could know you the way I knew you. But I promise I will make sure they do, through the stories we tell, the love we carry, and the way I try every day to be the kind of woman you believed I already was.
Thank you for raising him. Thank you for loving me. Thank you for leaving a mark on this family that time will never touch.
I miss you more than these words can hold. But I carry you with me — always.
With all my love, Rebecca
