Thank You my Friend!

I think about Kristy and what she has meant to me over the past two years and my heart is full of gratitude. I am so thankful to her for her example, for her advice, for her prayers, for her help, for her laugh, for her honesty, her bluntness and so much more. I am grateful for the memories I have, for the two minute conversations, for our instant bond that was made when she became the chick from Puyallup and I became the chick from Bellevue. We always planned a road trip together knowing it would have been crazy driving 13 hours with 4 kids under the age of 5, but she was up for it and could handle anything.

I will always remember that over the last couple of months when she needed me so much more than I needed her, that she gave me so much more than I gave her. I am grateful for the memories and for the laughter I can't stop from coming as I remember our friendship. Kristy will always be a part of me and I will never be the same as I was before, I am a better person for having had her in my life.

Kristy and I had a conversation a few months ago when she was at my house and we listened to this song together and talked about what a wonderful song it would be to play at a funeral. I'll think of her whenever I hear this song.

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Every now and then soft as breath upon my skin
I feel you come back again
And it’s like you haven’t been gone a moment from my side,
Like the tears were never cried,
Like the hands of time were pulling you and me.

And with all my heart I’m sure we’re closer than we ever were,
I don’t have to hear or see I’ve got all the proof I need.
There are more than angels watching over me

I believe
Oh I believe

Now when you die and life goes on,
It doesn't end here when you're gone
Every soul has found a flight
It never ends if I’m right.

Our love can even reach across eternity.

I believe
Oh I believe

Forever you’re a part of me,
Forever in the heart of me,
I will hold you even longer if I can.
Oh the people, who don’t see the most,
See that I believe in ghosts.
If that makes me crazy then I am

Cuz I believe
Oh I believe

There are more than angels watching over me.

I believe
Oh I believe

Every now and then soft as breath upon my skin,
I feel you come back again
And I believe.

-Diamond Rio

I love you Kristy, and you'd better be there to greet me when I leave this life or you and I are going to have issues! I'll be serving others as you would have and I thank you for teaching me what Christ meant when he said, "If you love me, feed my sheep."
Love,
Bellevue Chick