33 YEARS AGO TODAY, CASEY WAS BORN. I CAME DOWN TO MY STUDIO TO GET ON THE COMPUTER AND DO SOME BANKING AND I MISSTAKENLY CLICKED ON ANGELS IN WAITING.
MY HEART IS HEAVY TODAY. I GET THIS WAY EVERY YEAR. I WANTED TO RUN TO OGDEN AND VISIT HER GRAVE, BUT I CAN'T. I DID CALL DALLIN, CASEYS YOUNGEST BROTHER, I ASK HIM TO PLEASE DRIVE BY THE CEMETARY AND BLOW HER A KISS FOR ME.
I STOP AND THINK OF WHAT MY LIFE WOULD HAVE BEEN WITH ANOTHER DAUGHTER AROUND. SHE WOULD PROBABLY BE MARRIED AND HAVE CHILDREN (IF SHE WERE HEALTHY). LET'S SEE, HER HUSBAND WOULD BE DARK HAIRED, BLUE EYES, TALL AND STRONG. HE'D BE A LAWYER, LIKE HER FATHER. SHE WOULD BE AN INTERIOR DESIGNER AND WORK FROM HOME BECAUSE SHE WOULD HAVE JUST HAD HER SECOND CHILD, A LITTLE GIRL NAMED JAMIE. CASEY LOVES HER BOTHERS AND SISTER SO VERY MUCH, THEY HAVE BEEN VERY CLOSE.
OH BROTHER, THIS JUST MAKES ME SAD.
I HONOR MY DAUGHTER THIS DAY FOR BEING THE FIGHTER THAT SHE WAS. FOR SHARING HER LIFE, AS BRIEF AS IT WAS, WITH US. I REMEMBER THE TOUCH OF HER HAIR AND SKIN. I REMEMBER HER TINY EARS AND NOSE AND FINGERS AS THEY WRAPPED AROUND MINE. I'LL NEVER FORGET HER BIG BLUE EYES AND HOW THEY SEEMED TO LOOK RIGHT THROUGH MINE. AND THE WRINKLE IN HER FORHEAD AT MY TEARS AS THEY ROLLED DOWN MY FACE.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CASEY
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