11/8/78 – 6/19/85
I had a lovely daughter, named Kathleen “Katie” Alynne. She was my youngest daughter and quite amazing. She was six and a half years old when she died after a car accident that occurred on June 13th. She lived until June 19th, but she never regained consciousness after the paramedics pulled her from the car. So in my mind and my heart, the 13th is the day that she left us.
People have wondered and said to me that after 40 years, I should be over losing her. What I know is, you never get over losing a child. But you learn to go on and to make a new life for yourself. But on days like today, I like to remind everyone that once long ago, a beautiful little girl named Katie lived!
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This is so beautiful. I was crying by the second line. Henry Scott Holland (27 January 1847 – 17 March 1918) was Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford.
A few years ago, an old friend was sorting through his pictures when he found this one of Katie. I’d never seen it before, and it was such a wonderful gift!
Most days, I do well. I don’t dwell, and I can look at her lovely face in pictures and smile. Then there are days that it hits me all over again, and I am overwhelmed by grief. I don’t stay there long. Katie wouldn’t want that.
I miss you each day, Katie.