A Mother Writes A Heartbreaking Letter To The Daughter She Lost To Cancer
Lindsay Rhoades, living in Virginia, USA lost her 4-year-old daughter Kate to cancer. Kate was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the summer of 2013 and completed her treatments in September 2015. However, on 11th January 2016, her blood work revealed that she had relapsed, and she died the very next day, which came as a huge shock to her parents, who believed she was getting better. An hour after she passed away, Lindsay curled up in her daughter's bed and wrote this letter to her, which she read out at the funeral.
Our Dearest, Darling, Kate,
Did you know how much we love you? How many times a day did we tell you while we kissed your sweet cheek? If you knew even half as much as we hoped you would, then we did our job as your mommy and daddy. You know, didn't you love bug? You knew we were trying to make you better, hoping to get you to feel well again. We did everything we could. The doctors and nurses who loved you worked tirelessly to help you, but it was just too much.
We always wanted to be your mommy and daddy, you know. We dreamed about who you would become, what music you would like and who your first crush would be. I was secretly excited to find out who your first favourite boy band would be so that I could pretend to like their music for you. We wondered how you would like school. Would you be athletic or studious? Where might you go to college and what would you study? This nightmare of never knowing who you will grow up to be will haunt us for the rest of our lives - forever 4, they say.
Since 4 is the forever we were given, I'd say it was a mighty fine 4, and without even knowing it, we spent the last four months building one heck of a lifetime together. We made up for lost time then, didn't we baby girl? Adventures and plans, trips and traditions. We wanted to show you the life that we knew you were destined to live. We just didn't know the beginning was also to be the end.
Kit-Kat, we promise that your life will be remembered for the cheerful, bubbly, way you lived, and that your beautiful spirit will be with us forever. We will travel with you, take you with us on the adventures we promised. We will live the life we wanted for you and we will not let your passing be in vain. We will find a way to help other children and families in our community in your beautiful name. Together, we will make a difference.
Your daddy and I love you beyond the moon and all of the stars, four zillion, thirty billion, eighty-seven thousand as you would say. God only knows how we'll get along without your sweet face, adorable voice and cheeky grin. When you see him, ask him if he has any pointers on that. Then come by and share them with us. Maybe through a pretty snowfall out back this winter, a breezy day hammocking this spring and the smell of the honeysuckle you loved in our backyard this summer, or as a beautiful fox in our front yard. Come visit us, baby, we know you can't stay. Just promise you'll come.
Kate, you are our greatest adventure, our very best friend and our one true love. If we do nothing worthy for the remainder of our days, we will....
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