Rosie

Born: October 3, 1997

Died: September 27, 2005

MY SWEET SWEET ROSIE CROSSED OVER SEPTEMBER 27 2005 FROM A HEART ATTACK. IT WAS VERY UNEXPECTED AND THANKFULLY QUICK. SHE WILL ALWAYS BE THE LOVE OF MY LIFE. TO MY ROSIE

I am not dead, yet I feel like some part of me has died.

I am still breathing, although I don’t know how to anymore since you left.

Life doesn’t hold the same excitement that it did when you were walking with me.

Home used to be the safe, comfortable place, and now it is merely a place I sleep.

Work was better knowing that I had you to come home to.

Eating brought me joy, because I could share the good stuff with you.

Exercising was tolerable because I knew how much you liked it.

I can never look at stuffed animals the same way that I used to with you not here to give them a total workout.

My friends can’t look at me the same way because they are only seeing half now. It was you that made me complete.

Thinking will never be the same anymore for me because no matter what else I try to think of, you will somehow be present in that thought.

There will be no more joy rides for me. You were the joy in my ride.

The only upside that I see to all of this is that Heaven is more real to me now.

I will see you again one day, but, until that day, know that you will fill my heart and my mind with the memories of having known you completely.

Thank you for letting me raise you, and for raising me. I will cherish and love you forever. YOU WILL LIVE FOREVER IN MY HEART.

Sallie Tarver