I never thought I could handle you being away from me. It has been exactly 11 months and two days since you have left me on this Earth. I am doing well with my life right now. I’m finally a senior and I have a job. I have been doing fine in school, but I know for sure what you would say, “You can always do better”.

I recently have been released from my spine surgeon. I no longer have to deal with those aggravating check-ups and annoying light bulbs in the office. I am writing this letter in my English IV class. We were assigned to write to our long lose loved one.

My mom birthday is today and this is the same exact day you went into the Intensive Care Unit at University Medical Center New Orleans. I cannot believe those people who did not