I knew this day was coming, I didn't know how hard it would be. Kasey and her cousin Kevin were 11 months apart. They were very close, he lived with us for a while and they graduated together. Between the 2 of them they drove my brother and me crazy. We thought we must be terrible parents because these 2 kids are crazy. It was like wrangling cats keeping them on track. The last year or so they started settling down. Kasey got a job at Kohl's and was going back to college. Kevin joined the Army. My brother and I thought we could finally relax and let our guards down.

Well Kevin left for basic training today at 2pm and Kasey has been gone for 109 days. It was completely devastating that she wasn't here to say goodbye to him as he moves into a future and she will never have one. I was not expecting it to hurt so much. It is so unfair.

There have been no good days, but this has to have been one of my worst. I miss my baby girl.

I am going to try and attach a couple pictures. One is Kasey and Kevin when they were little (ignore the hole in the wall. I think I took a mirror off the wall so they would be safer and made a hole) and the other one is their graduation.

Thanks for listening,

Sandy