I know it's a part of life but I expected you to be here longer. I thought you would be here to see me grow older. I thought we only died when we were of old age, I never thought I would say goodbye so soon.

There is so much I want to tell you, to show you. There are people I want you to meet, and to tell you about my life. I want you to tell me how tall I've gotten and how much I look like my parents. I want to hear the stories of how you remember me being so small and all the embarrassing stories you have of my parents and other family members who you grew up with.

I want to show you everything I have accomplished and what I decided to do with my life. I want you to tell me that you are proud of me, because I hope I make you proud. I know I can talk to you whenever I want but some days I wish I could physically hold a conversation with you. I have so many memories with you and some are more distinctive than others, but I wish I could make more with you.

I know you are watching down on me and you can see how far I've come, but I miss spending Christmas with you and scratching off lottery tickets together. I miss going to baby showers and laughing uncontrollably. I miss eating cool pops at your house and seeing you at family get togethers.

You have impacted my life so much and I wish the people in my life could have met you, I feel like they were cheated of meeting someone as great as you. They would have laughed like you made me laugh so many times before. Your stories you told about me were embarrassing, but to be embarrassed like that again, by you, is something I want again.

I see something that reminds me of you, like Coca-Cola products and remember how you your whole kitchen was decorated in it. I see Coffee-Mate creamer and remember when I was little I asked you for milk and you gave me that instead. When I make art I like to think that I got it from you.

I know I will see you again one day, but I wish you were here. I wish I could call you up or walk to your house and just be in your presence again. There are so many times that I wished we could have spent a longer time together but I am grateful for having you for the time that we did.

You've all taught me to enjoy life and to enjoy what you have while you have it. Sooner or later a day will come when a person is no longer in your life, and even though its not what we want, we have to live with it and keep going. I will always have the memories of each of you, the good and the bad and I cherish them all.

Rest In Peace Aunt Missy, Gram Hassinger and Aunt Joyce.