Still trying to process our loss. My mind does not want to accept the reality that our Emily is gone. Our house is so empty without her....
Katie cries and goes to the cemetery several times a week. I cry and can't bring myself to even do the most mundane tasks, like grocery shopping. Stephen is still trying to understand. Kevin is burying himself in work, but cries at night...Even Chrissy seems to be "looking" for her little sister. Every time she hears a little child's laugh or squeal she searches for Emily with her eyes and gets so excited for a minute. Then looks so disappointed when Emily doesn't come to her....it breaks my heart....
This is the hardest thing I have ever gone through in my life. I am so devastated. Our family is devastated. Our family will never, ever be the same...
Even my oldest son and his wife, in Alaska, are having a difficult time. Andrew calls me often. He wishes they had been closer this last year, so that they could have spent more time with her.
Parents, appreciate every second you have with your children....for I can now tell you that your life will be but a shell if they are taken from you....the hole in your heart will be vast....the emptiness complete....nothing will ever fill that void....
Welcome to the Mason Family Blog. Our story, our family, our happiness and our sorrows. Our journey through earthly life with all the joy and all the pain and all the faith and love needed until we return to Heavenly Father's loving arms....
"When words cannot provide the solace we need or express the joy we feel, when it is simply futile to attempt to explain that which is unexplainable, when logic and reason cannot yield adequate understanding about the injustices and inequalities of life, when mortal experience and evaluation are insufficient to produce a desired outcome, and when it seems we are so totally alone, truly we are blessed by the tender mercies of the Lord and made mighty even unto the power of deliverance." -Elder David A. Bedmar
