06/23/2024
I know you’re watching over me. I heard you bark last night to let me know you found Hazak and Cooper. Not a day will go by that I won’t miss the three of you. I love you more than words can ever say Baby Girl. Be good and mind what Hazak tells you. Give Cooper kisses for me. Miss you and love you until my last breathe.
I missed you quietly today. So quietly that no one noticed.
I missed you as I climbed out of bed and as I brushed my teeth; when I waited at the lights on the drive into work and as I heard the rain outside my window.
I missed you as I ordered lunch and as I kicked off my shoes when I got home; as I switched off the lights and climbed into bed for the night.
I missed you without tears or noise or fanfare.
But oh how I felt it.
I felt it in the morning, at lunchtime, in the evening and at night. I felt it as I woke, as I waited, as I worked. I felt it at home, on the road, in the light, in the dark, in the rain.
I felt it in every one of those moments, each one sitting heavier and heavier as the weight of me missing you kept growing and growing.
Yes, I missed you so quietly today.
But I felt it so loudly.
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Becky Hemsley 2024
