Three years ago on July 31,2019 my world stopped, did a 180 and life didn’t make any sense. Three years ago I said good bye to my best friend, the person who I could always turn to, the person who loved me unconditionally and the person who was my person.
When you loss someone so close to you I have learned that the world continues to turn, the world doesn’t stop and the world will make you question everything. Every single day I miss her. Every single day I wish I could call her. Every single day I wish I didn’t have to say good bye.
But Every single day I am thankful for her. Every single day I am thankful for our memories. Every single day I am thankful for the laughs. Every single day I am thankful for the smiles. Every single day I am thankful for the “oh Elizabeth Ann”s because I did something she didn’t agree with. Every single day I am thankful for the love she poured into me. Every single day I am thankful she loved me like her own, raised me to be kind, raised me to help others and raised me to believe there isn’t anything I can’t do.
People will tell you it gets easier as the days go by. To that I say you just get use to the pain. The pain is still there, the hurt is still there, the days continue to move forward and it’s how you handle the pain, loss and hurt. It never gets easy losing your person but I choose to life my life to the fullest. Live true, live happily and live everyday to my best ability. I choose to find happy at the end of every day. I feel her with me everyday. I see her in my dreams and I know I wouldn’t be who I am today without her.
Kimberly Ann was my favorite person. She was the top of my favorites list on my phone. She was my at least 3 times a week phone call and she was my daily call on the road (sometimes twice a day). She was the person I could bounce any crazy idea off of. She was the person who gave me my love for all types of music and concert buddy when I was younger. She was the person that pushed me to graduate college. She was the person who always told me to follow my dreams. She was the person who’s death changed my world 180 degrees. Im thankful for every minute of the 10,632 days I was lucky enough to have her by my side.
Saying good bye is hard but learning to live life and go on without your person is where you learn even more of who you are and how you want to live. I choose to live life at full throttle because I know just how short life is. So love longer, love stronger, tell your people you love them, apologize when you are wrong and smile because some people would give anything for just one more day. I’m thankful to know just how much she loved me and that she will always be with me. Until we meet again I will continue to share her story and love.
Liz's Gypsy Journey 