12/21/2015
It has been a year without all of you. Thank you so much for the continued love and support and personal messages from many of our wonderful Kiwi Family. I miss you all everyday and would do anything to turn back time and have one more Kiwi Day.
I even miss posting here all the time and still find it difficult to not share Throwback Thursdays or Wacky Wednesdays.
I wish I had some profound "Tom" wisdom to share after this past year, perhaps this will be enough...
Tom shared the best of himself with all of you and never wanted anyone to be sad, especially not sad for him. Tom had not been well for a long time but would not share that as he wanted no pity.
I spent the last weeks of 2014 knowing that Kiwi would soon close, that we (I) would lose all of you and, that Tom would soon be gone too.
What we all lost, what died on Dec 19, 2014 was not Tom, but the hope that Tom would somehow recover.
What I have learned this past year, what we can never lose,
HOPE
Hope is today
Hope brings tomorrow.
HOPE is empowering.
HOPE ~ Hang On Pain Ends
Thank you to all who enriched our days, thank you to those who have stood next to me the past 365 days. Thank you for continuing to remember Tom. Please smile and laugh and know that the best days for him - he spent with each of you.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Blessings & Hope to all.
Karyn + Kassidy