Written in Sand, Painted in Truth There was a time I wrote our names like they would last. Mike and Paige, in a heart, etched into a beach that wasn’t even mine— just a borrowed image of what love was supposed to look like. Like the card that said “our wonderful journey,” I believed in

Chapter: There Was Nothing… And Then There Was Everything Christmas Morning, 1978 I remember this morning like it never left me. Not as a date. Not as a day of the week. But as a feeling that lives somewhere deep in my chest. I was a little girl—old enough to question things, but still young

always always always cherish your family I love you savvy James Justin and Sammy wasn't there that day Now James is not here and we miss you. We are moving on without you. and God is my witness one of the last things that you said to me was Mom I just needs stability... your love and beli