They say!

They say time heals all wounds and that eventually the pain lessens. We all have life events that break us and then mold us into a new person over time. I have know others that have endured terrible loss and pain that no one should have to experience, and have seen first hand how a life is never the same. They say when something tragic happens how sorry we are and that it will get better or the person is in a better place.; I have said these very words.

I thought I knew pain, I have had pain from terrible events in my life. Loosing my dad at 46 after watching him die slowly from cancer. Loosing a child in the womb, loosing grandparents and aunts and uncles. Tragic loss of young family members and friends. Loss of relationships, loss of time. Everyone of us can say how we are different from loss of some kind.

Now I say! that my life will never be the same after the loss of Seth Michael. I have to remind myself that I will never experience the things with him that we all hoped for. A wedding, grandchildren, growing into the man I hoped him to be.

Now I say! As we have to go on in this life without him I have to remind myself that the life events will continue. We will have weddings without him, birthdays and holidays with an empty chair, memories will be made without him.

Now I say! I have to make sure I remember everything I can about him. I have to make sure we never forget, we have to say your name. Now I say! I have new family that Seth put together for us..

Friends that have become family are putting your picture in as many Mission BBQ’s as possible. Thank you Chris and Mackenzie Alm for Peoria Illinois. Thank you Nicci Houzenga for Davenport Iowa. Many more will come. Thank you to all of Seth’s brothers that continue to check on us and share the stories that have of him.

Now I say! Today would have been your 32 birthday. I’m not sure what we would have gotten to do with you today but I do know we would have made it happen! We will celebrate you Seth! There are already tears, already heartbreak and total loss for why we lost you. We will say how much we love you and miss you and try to laugh like you would want us to.

Now I say! Please say Seth Michael Plant’s name today! Please eat a piece of cheese cake or Key lime pie. Have a shot of Jameson! Eat tacos or go for a run. Call your family or better yet face time if you can’t get to them. Play a game of Yahtzee, watch a movie! Forgive and show mercy! Love one another.

Now I say! Happy birthday Seth! Your mama loves you, your dad and sisters love and miss you, your nieces and nephew talk about you and miss you. I know we will one day see you again in our heavenly home. But for now I say I am still broken.