moments

the truth is,

it’s not just birthdays

and anniversaries -

it’s reaching for the phone

on a random Tuesday

eight years later

with “guess what” on your lips -

or “you were right,

and I wanted you to know…”

it’s the quiet moments

when your mind

is anything but quiet

and you have so much

to share

or the days

when darkness lingers

when you so badly

need a hug

but not just any hug -

their hugs.

the best hugs.

it’s every moment

you wish they could have lived

alongside you

the good

and the bad

the messy and the sweet

and the funny

it’s every funny moment

that you just know

would absolutely

have killed them -

if Life

hadn’t already

gone and done that

but try as it might

Life

still never could

erase them

from this world.

for even though

their time was cut short

and no new memories

are allowed to be made

these moments -

the guess what moments

the quiet moments

the desperate moments

and the laughter

that you wish you could share -

the moments

when you reach for them

even though you know

they won’t be there

reaching back -

it is in these moments

that you are writing life

back into their story

as though their story

never

had

to end…

so keep remembering.

keep reaching.

keep writing life

into every moment

big and small

and know

that you are giving

them life

once again.