To the Moon and Back

Mommy,

I want to say a few things [about your mother]. Here it goes:

(1) I am mad because I never met her.
(2) The person took away her ability to hold me in her arms.
(3) When I would tell people, I would say my mother’s mom. But now, I realize I never called her Grandma because I was so hurt inside.
(4) I realize that when I was younger, I never thought about her, never missed her. But that was because I never had memories of her, never had anything to miss.
(5) I realize now I was denied the opportunity to love my grandma & to miss her.
(6) I can’t say I know how you felt, but I can say that I felt something similar…not 2 have lost someone in my family, 2 never have the chance to know her.
(7) I’m so sorry.
(8) I’d wish, if I had one wish, it would be to have at least one day with her.
(9) Even though I never met her, I know there’s still a part of me that is her and that loves her to the moon and back.

Love,

Verna's Granddaughter

P.S.

I miss her even though I never got the privilege to meet her. The person who killed her took something important to me & I will never forget that! I will never forget that smile she had in her pictures. Love, your daughter