Heavy Hearted

I posted a while back how we went down to charlotte for a summer trip..

spent the 4th of july with my family there...

I was so excited to make the trip..but it also brought up in me memories of shannon..

memories that made me even MORE emotional than I already am.

(crazy hormonal pregnant lady here.)

The last time I heard shannon's voice she was calling me to figure out

plans for meeting in Charlotte around the same time last year...for a summer visit.

We were so excited to let the kids play together. to catch up. to actually be in the same state!

I missed that call. So I only have a voicemail from her..

We never got to make that trip. because a few days later she was murdered.

So the whole time I was packing.. and the whole drive down.. and the whole time I was there... a part of me was thinking about her. and how it could have been.

I had a heavy heart as we drove home. It just felt..like something was missing.

someone was missing.

His court day was scheduled for thursday..but got moved back again to august.

Been thinking a lot lately about all of us missing shannon..

and having to go through this. especially her parents and siblings.. her two little kids..

Please send up some prayers for all of us.

A part of me just wants that part to be over and done with.

If you..or someone you know..or barely know..

is experiencing domestic violence..

please..do something about it.

It still comforts me..the message that I recieved a while after shannon was killed..of a woman in brazil, who after reading her story on my blog, took her child and left the domestic violence she was experiencing in her home. Take that first step..or help someone else take it.

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If you have been touched by her story and would like to 
visit her Memorial Page you can visit here. 

Please Pray for peace in our world 
and for all those affected by Domestic Violence.