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Angel Wings

Do you ever wonder if only humans get angel wings? I like to believe that pets can go to heaven as well, if there is a heaven. 1 year ago today, June 21, 2010 our precious kitty Cosmo passed away. That was one of the worst days of my life. Some might say that he was just an animal or just a pet, but no he was so much more. He was a companion, he was a member of our family. Since we do not have children Cosmo always go the full extent of our attention. We planned things around what would be best for him. The house still feels so damn empty without him here. Sometimes we catch a glimpse of something of out the corner of our eye, and we think it's him. It's happened to both of us many times, it's almost a heart breaking feeling when reality hits..that no it wouldn't be him on top of the fridge..or no it's not him on the window sill. Today, I will try not to cry because I miss him so damn much, I will try to smile because I had the chance to love him for 10.5 years, and Matt had the chance to love him from a kitten, for 14 years. I remember on our wedding day when we came home..I squealed excitedly to Cosmo, "that I was finally his mommy for real." Yea he was my furbaby and I was his human momma. Our 6 year wedding anniversary was Saturday and Matt and I were laughing remembering how funny we thought it would have been to have him wear a little tux at our wedding, which we would have done if he wouldn't have been scared of crowds..or car sick as well lol. He had to stay at home and wait for our return. I could go on for hours about how much it meant to me and how much it hurt for him to leave us, but I like to think he is somewhere amazing watching down on us. I have never shared with anyone what went through my mind when I found him and realize he had left this Earth...and even a year later I cannot write those details. I doubt I will ever want to speak or type them. We have checked out many headstones for him and I think we have finally picked the one and have a good idea of what we want written on it. Whenever we get it ordered and get it set I am sure I will be posting pictures of that. I could post thousands of pictures and many videos of Cosmo but I selected just a few pictures to share. I am so thankful to have the videos and pictures to look at when I miss my boy.

Six years ago today....

Matt & I tied the knot. It a lot of ways it seems like time has flown since we had our first date 10.5 years ago, and in other ways it seems like time froze. It is hard to picture a time before Matt was a part of my life, heck I was 15 when we became boyfriend & girlfriend. When I've tried to imagine my life without my it just seems impossible. There would be a void there that nothing could ever fill. While times have been more than difficult for us financially, we have held together and one day it'll pay off. At least I hope so lol. We found an amazingly good deal on a place we would like to move to, so that we could give this place back to the mortgage company, but as usual without income we cannot go anywhere. The stuck feeling sucks. But onto happy things. We are just hanging out so far today, we watched the sunrise on the porch and now we are just sitting here messing around on the computer. Not sure what else we will do today. I thought about sharing some wedding pictures but I've shared them so often over the years that I am sure you have all seen them. I did put a picture of our wedding cake at the top of this post. I truly loved the cake, it was beautiful and so yummy.

19 years is way too long

to have to wonder what happened to your loved one. The loved ones of Sherrill Levitt, Suzie Streeter & Stacy McCall have been waiting for 19 years to find out what has happened to their loved ones. This story is near and dear to my heart for many reasons. It hits close to home since I am from Springfield and can vividly remember the immediate days following their disappearance. I might have only been 7 years old at the time, but I began praying then that there would be comfort, peace, justice and closure in this case. I still pray daily for that. My grandma passed away June 8, 1992 and one of the last things I remember was her reading about their story in the newspaper and her saying that she hoped they would come home safely and quickly. I think I tie the case in with the death of my grandma and I know how much I have missed her over the last 19 years. At least I had the peace of mind of knowing what happened to her and I was given closure. The picture on the left is of a flyer that was created at the time of their disappearance. I can remember a time when these flyers were all over Springfield and surrounding areas. Please look at their faces, maybe somewhere in your journeys you have spotted them, even if it was outside of the United States.

I have read every article and listened to and watched every piece of footage about "the three missing women". I desperately want their to be answers for the women and their families. As many of you know I am majoring in Social & Criminal Justice with a minor is Sociology and a specialization in Forensics. This case has been one of the driving forces behind my obsession with criminal justice. I want nothing more than to be involved in bringing justice to the victim's of crimes and to their families. I know that there is someone out there that has information about this case, please report any information you have no matter now insignificant you think it might be. Remember you can always remain anonymous. It simply makes no sense that three grown women could vanish without someone, somewhere hearing or seeing something. I have many theories on what I believe happened, but what matters is that these three beautiful ladies have been taken away from their families. They have been robbed of 19 years of their lives, and their families have suffered 19 years of heart break, uncertainty and wonder. Please think about how you would feel if these were your loved ones, for some of you they very well may be family. Lets continue to pray for these ladies and lets continue to keep their story in the eye of the public.

This is the Memorial Bench in their honor. It is a beautiful but sad reminder that these three ladies have left a void in the hearts of their loved ones and of their community. Springfield, we have to bring them home!