My little Kasey-Girl!
You came into our life on a warm, sunny October day. Was it only four short years ago? Like the year, you were not young and we knew that the light in your bright little eyes was that of the sun as it starts its journey each day a little lower
on the horizon of life.
But how happy and shining was that October day! When new and brilliant colors that only add their hues to the palette of life when the seasons have run their course past the highpoint of the year.
My little Kasey-Girl!
You needed a new home. Not from lack of love, but from a love that knew its own appointed time was coming to a close. A love that gave unheeding of itself in giving you over to unknown, but not untried, arms.
It was me who was a bit apprehensive. Would you be scared? Would you be shy? Would you hold back and be cautious of these unknown strangers? How long would it take for you to take that step into trust and belonging?
My little Kasey-Girl!
You jumped up right into my lap and looked into my eyes and all apprehension vanished as you settled into my arms with an ease that melted my fears away. And I realized that the only fear had been my own. You had none at all!
Your sweet, sweet smile told me of a trust and a love that was now in our hands and in our hearts. I held you in my arms, no longer a stranger — in fact never a stranger – and I said to myself, “My precious little girl, I promise you that your Daddy will always take care of you, will always hold you, will always give back the fullness of love and trust
that you give me today.”
My little Kasey-Girl!
And now, my honey-lamb, your Daddy’s heart is breaking. Do you know it, my little love? Can you understand the fear that has ripped the brightness from my sky? Or is it — again — only my own fear that I face as I see the twilight brush its brilliant glow towards journey’s end?
My little girl, I see no fear in your precious face. I see no darkness in the everbright smile of your shining eyes. I see only you and me, our lives but one, entwined in an everlasting love — a love with but
one remaining act to fulfill its promise.
My little Kasey-Girl!
Goodbye my precious. Goodbye my little love. I hold you in my arms as I kiss your pain and suffering away and make it my own alone.
Be at peace my little one. Be at rest my darling girl. Be the love that never dies and the joy that
now knows no earthly bounds.
My Kasey-Girl!
My Daddy’s-Joy! Sleep well until I come.
| Kasey |
| 29, Sep 2003 |
| Ed Shephard & Gary Noce |