Sep 22
Another angel left too soon.
I didn't know her, but I'm from a small town and I know many people who did know her.
And loved her.
A bright light, they say. An artist. A walking angel, they say.
Now, she is an angel.
I didn't know her, but I felt the many words and photos posted online from people I do know and people I don't.
She was an important member of my small town community.
I didn't know her, but I still felt her loss. And she made me think of my loved ones who also left too soon.
You could say they were walking angels too.
In the last few years, I lost some of my walking angels.
My grandmother was many people in my family's biggest fan. Everyone knew her for her unconditional love and joy of life. She was the glue that held my family together. She was gone too soon and a walking angel who now watches over me.
Kellie - my mom's best friend was another source of joy, fun, and unconditional love. she was the cool aunt who bought me my first set of makeup. She was an earth angel gone too soon.
Not long after these two left this earth, my cousin Sam's cancer got worse and she ended up leaving us at 22. An environmental activist and artist. She left us many years after my cousin Cam left - another sooting star, brighter and bolder and quicker leaving us at 8 years old. My distinctive memories of Cam were his bright smile and how he used to dress up in princess gowns and sang Gabrielle's solo in High School Musical.
Don't get me wrong - I love my family who is still around. The ones who left, though, were really special in a really special way. They were literal walking angels, shooting stars. I'm not religious - I don't believe in God, but I now believe in angels. And angels tend to leave too soon - I know from experience.
I didn't know her, but I'm from a small town and I know many people who did know her.
And loved her.
A bright light, they say. An artist. A walking angel, they say.
Now, she is an angel.
I didn't know her, but I felt the many words and photos posted online from people I do know and people I don't.
She was an important member of my small town community.
I didn't know her, but I still felt her loss. And she made me think of my loved ones who also left too soon.
You could say they were walking angels too.
In the last few years, I lost some of my walking angels.
My grandmother was many people in my family's biggest fan. Everyone knew her for her unconditional love and joy of life. She was the glue that held my family together. She was gone too soon and a walking angel who now watches over me.
Kellie - my mom's best friend was another source of joy, fun, and unconditional love. she was the cool aunt who bought me my first set of makeup. She was an earth angel gone too soon.
Not long after these two left this earth, my cousin Sam's cancer got worse and she ended up leaving us at 22. An environmental activist and artist. She left us many years after my cousin Cam left - another sooting star, brighter and bolder and quicker leaving us at 8 years old. My distinctive memories of Cam were his bright smile and how he used to dress up in princess gowns and sang Gabrielle's solo in High School Musical.
Don't get me wrong - I love my family who is still around. The ones who left, though, were really special in a really special way. They were literal walking angels, shooting stars. I'm not religious - I don't believe in God, but I now believe in angels. And angels tend to leave too soon - I know from experience.
