Good bye

It's been so long since I have seen you and I will never be able to see you again, at least not in this life.

I haven't seen you in so long. I knew you had a baby that I haven't met. I will never get that chance. I hope that your other girls are ok. Next time I am back home I hope I get to see them. I know its going to rough on them but we are a strong family and look out for each other. You know that though. I wish that I could have been there to say goodbye, so I say it now. May peace be with you and your baby.

"The bodies were found inside their burned home Saturday morning. Police say Johnson and the single, working mother of four had a history of domestic violence, and that she had tried to end the relationship. Investigators say Johnson, arrested shortly after the fire thanks to an anonymous caller, offered chilling details of the crime saying he bashed her in the head with a hammer, then got a can of gasoline. Court records say he quote, "Doused the living room and the victim's room, where the victim's child was sleeping in her crib, lit a towel on fire and placed it on the victim who got up and started screaming and running."

That is a taken from the news story on my cousin's death. They were so badly burned that it was a closed casket and the medical examiner wouldnt let me aunt in to identify the bodies. Luckily, her other 3 kids were with relatives or there would have been a funeral for 5. Its bad enough to loose family in this way, I just glad that at least 3 lives were spared.

Take time to let the ones that you love know it. Life is too short to not let them know that you care. Take a minute to call up a friend or a relative and say hi, especially if you haven't seen or talked to them in a long time. Remember the ones that are gone and think a happy thought of them because that is all that is left.