Jessi Welch

Missing you is nothing new. Today, it feels like the very first day, though. I keep wondering what you would look like, how you would've changed. You should be enjoying your senior year, prom, dating...all the parts of growing up. All the things you were cheated out of. And all it does is break my heart more. I've watched your friends grow and change over the years. They've become such wonderful young ladies. But, what I wouldn't give to see you with them. See your smile and hear your laugh, again. I thought today would be easier, somehow, than the day you left us, since this is the day you came into my life and changed it, forever. The day the world was lucky enough to have had you in it. But, for me, I think it's turned out to be harder. It's been more of a reminder of all the things that will never be. I still don't know how to navigate this world without you, but I am trying. I try, so hard. I miss you, baby. I miss you, so much. So, I want to wish you this Happy Birthday. You deserve this one and many, many more. I'm so sorry you will never have a chance at anymore birthdays, here with us. I love you, Jessi. I always have and I will never stop.