| HAYDEN, YOU HAVE LEFT BEHIND GIFTS THAT YOU NEVER KNEW YOU HAD GIVEN. LIVES YOU HAVE TOUCHED THAT YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW. FROM THE MOMENT YOU WERE BORN YOU GAVE THE GIFT OF HAPPINESS. YOU GAVE THE GIFT OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE. WITH EVERYONE YOU MET, YOU GAVE THE GIFT OF KINDNESS AND JOY. YOU BROUGHT OUT THE BEST IN ANYONE AROUND YOU WITH YOUR SWEET SMILE AND LAUGHTER. EVEN AS YOU LAY UNABLE TO SPEAK YOU TAUGHT US COURAGE, STRENGTH, FAITH AND HOPE. YOU TAUGHT US TO KEEP JESUS IN OUR HEARTS AND ALLOW HIM TO SHINE THROUGH US INTO THE LIVES OF OTHERS. YOU TAUGHT US TO LOOK AT THINGS THROUGH YOUR EYES, THE EYES OF A CHILD OF GOD WHO HAS ONLY A SHORT TIME HERE AND A LOT OF TEACHING TO DO. MY CHERISHED CHILD I CAN HARDLY IMAGINE MY LIFE WITHOUT YOU IN IT, BUT WHAT YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME IS TO LIVE A LIFE THAT WILL BE ACCEPTING TO GOD, SO THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO HOLD YOU IN MY ARMS FOR ALL ETERNITY. THE NEXT TIME HAYDEN, I WILL NOT LET YOU GO! THAT'S GRANDMAS PROMISE TO YOU. YOU GAVE ME THE GIFT OF A LOVE THAT I WILL WAIT AN ETERNITY TO HAVE AGAIN. THANK YOU HAYDEN FOR THE GIFT YOU GAVE ME, "YOU" I PRAY THAT I WILL SEE YOU IN HEAVEN YOU ARE MY ANGEL I LOVE YOU (MORE!) PAMA Grandma Shelly P.S. PAMA BOUGHT THE TWINKIES AND CHOCOLATE MILK I'LL TRY TO BRING THEM WITH ME. |
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| Letter from Grandma Shelly |