I Will Carry You ... Follow Up

Here's a little follow up to the post about "I will carry you"

Love, love, love, stories like these!

"The strangest thing has happened today & I feel I have to share this with my facebook family. We got to our hotel @ 330 this afternoon & checked in & went immediately to the pool. I stayed in for a few but then decided to get out & read my book, I will Carry You by Angie Smith. I was on chapter 8, (yes Jamie Davis-Samuels, I am a slow reader but also this has been a hard book for me to read so there has been days I couldn't touch it :) ) titled Cherry Blossom. Half way through the chapter and with a picture of a cherry blossom was this:

"The Japenese cherry starts flowering profusely from the first warmer days in April, heralding the coming of spring. The intense beauty and short survival span have associated cherry blossoms with spiritual and philosophicalideas (such as the beauty and fragility of human life)."

After the chapter we decided to go to Walmart & get some junk food. We headed back to the room to change & headed off to Wally World. When we got back Mandy Dockery Latham had arrived & we were all socializing in the room until I spotting a picture, actually TWO pictures of Japanese Cherry Blossoms above both of the beds! I WAS AMAZED at what I saw! I told Allen Bridges & Mandy about what I read & how I felt like Addison was there with us. I even had to call Krystina Andrzejewski Smith because it was giving my chills! I was so bummed because when we left the house this afternoon I left Miss Addison's ashes in the living room beside the tv & just said, "Oh no, I left Addison." I was debating on whether or not to go back & then said, "oh she will be fine." Now I feel she was showing me she will be fine. Whether her ashes are with us or not she will ALWAYS be with us! Her life was short but VERY BEAUTIFUL & touched so many hearts & continues to touch so many people. The words "intense beauty and short survival span" hits it right on the spot!! She was ALWAYS OUR ANGEL! Even when a stranger would come up to Addison they would say, "what a precious Angel." They had NO idea of her medical conditions, she was just so beautiful it reminded people of an Angel. Do I hurt daily over the loss of my daughter, yes. Do I feel there is a hole in my heart that will never be repaired, yes. But do I question my faith in God, No! I do not need to fill the gaps & I do not need to know the answers. All I need is to have my FAITH! I love You Lord & thank you for what you have blessed me with!" -By Jessica Boyett