If you have read my blog before you know that on June 8th my world was flipped upside down when my best friend and cousin of 23 years got killed in a hit and run accident. One year is coming up soon, I can't believe it. Life has been hard, really hard, but my family has stuck together and we have had kind words and gestures from hundreds of people, even strangers.
If you don't know anything about my family you must know that we are close, really close. There are 8 of us cousins and we all grew up at my grandma's house almost every day. We are siblings. This tragedy has been so hard on our family, but we are making it. Lana and I were closer than most cousins and friends and everyone knew it, if you saw one of us, the other wasn't too far behind. I miss my best friend so much, but I'm not letting the hurt and pain control me. I'm letting it drive me. I am making sure to always be kind and caring to everyone, because I don't know if they are hurting in the same way I am. I work hard, and make sure to not complain about life, because I'm learning that life is short. Lana wouldn't want us to all sit around and miss her, she would want us to remember the great times we had with her.
I'm writing this to show you some of the kindness we have been shown the past year, but I'm just going to show the video because it does a better job than I could.
So thank you home depot, for restoring our faith in humanity.
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| Grandma and Grandpa presented all the guys who helped build with plaques. (Two guys couldn't make it.) |
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| The crew with me, my brother, sister, husband, my sister's boyfriend, and of course Grandma and Grandpa. |
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| The plaque up close. |
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| The newest picture of the garden. |
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| This is the definition of how our relationship was. |
Lana, you will always be in my heart. My first and longest best friend. I think of you everyday. Until we meet again...
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