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Melanie's Story |

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I myself will never understand and I ask God everyday why? I remember being so mad at God. What did I do so wrong, why us, why Melanie, a beautiful young girl whose heart was as big as the world. She could always turn a frown upside down and light up a room when she walked in. Why God, why? We will never have the answers, and even if we did, they wouldn't be good enough for us. So I live each day for her, her two brothers, and my husband. I take it one day at a time. I know Christopher and Seth miss her so much and I can see they hurt too. So we try to include her in things that we do. We remember her and things that she has done and we laugh and sometimes cry. But we will always have her in our hearts. I learn through all of this, no matter who you are, anything can happen.

I'm writing my story to let you know that life is short. So cherish every day that you have and spend it with the ones you love, because we are not promised tomorrow so live each day as if it were your last. Always remember the one's you love. We will always remember Melanie, she loved balloons, so our way of including her on the holidays is we go to her resting place and play some songs, write our messages on the balloons, and then we release them. This is our way of including her. We will always remember, that we are thankful to have had her in our lives for the short time she was here. We will always grieve for Melanie this beautiful young girl who touched our lives. We miss her everyday. Through all this we try to be strong, and some of us seem strong on the outside, but I know on the inside it is tearing them apart. Always remember the one's you love and please don't take it for granted. Life is short…. As we found out on January 8, 2003. This day will always be on our minds and we will never have answers for why Melanie had to die. Melanie will always be our little girl, no matter how much time goes by. She is still our daughter and for that we will always be thankful.