07/21/2026
Kallie,
Happy! Smile! Hey! #9 Birthday!
We've now celebrated more birthdays without you than we did with you here. Life is so, so beautiful but your absence is felt in everything we do. It's a strange feeling to feel immensely grateful for this life we get to live while carrying around this massive hole that is the absence of you. We try to fill it but it could never be enough. Maybe in another life, another place, another story, I'll get to hold you in my arms again and finally fill that empty space where you should be. I love you. I miss you. To the moon, to the stars, around the earth and back again.
Love,
Mom
