Losing a child is the worst thing that can happen to a parent. No parent should ever have to bury their child, but sadly that does sometimes happen. Tim and Mary Ellen Smith recently lost their daughter. Taylor was a beautiful and upbeat girl.
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She died suddenly from complications with a case of pneumonia. She was only twelve years old. That was back in early January of 2014. The family was devastated. They tried to keep their lives together, and so far they’ve been doing a good job of it.
While going through Taylor’s belongings in their Johnson City, Tennessee home, Tim and Mary Ellen found a letter that Taylor had written to her twenty year old self.
Had she lived, Taylor would have opened the later on April 13, 2023, when she was 22 years old.
Her letter reads,
Dear Taylor,
How’s life? Life is pretty simple right now (10 years in your past). I know I’m late for you, but as I’m writing, this is early, so; congratulations on graduating high school! If you didn’t go back and keep trying. Get that degree! Are you (we) in college? If not, I understand. We do have pretty good reasoning, after all.
Don’t forget, it’s Allana’s 11th birthday today! Sheesh, 11 already? In my time, she just turned 1! I didn’t get to go to that party though, because I was in Cranks, Kentucky for my first mission trip. I’ve only been back for 6 days!
Speaking of, how’s your relationship with GOD? Have you prayed, worshipped, read the bible, or gone to serve the lord recently? If not, get up and do so NOW! I don’t care what point in our life we’re in right now, do it! He was mocked, beaten, tortured, and crucified for you! A sinless man, who never did you or any other person any wrong!
Now, have you gone on any more mission trips? Have you been out of the country yet? How about on a plane?
Is Doctor Who still on the air? If not, what regeneration did they end it with? You should go watch some Doctor Who! Later though, you gotta finish reading your own words of wisdom!
Do you have your own place yet? If we’re in college, what are we majoring in? Right now, I wanna be a lawyer.
Have you been to Dollywood recently? Right now, their newest attraction is the Wild Eagle. It’s so fun!
Also I think I’m going to sell my iPad and buy an iPad mini, Don’t forget to tell your kids that we’re older than the tablet! Attached I also have a drawing of an iPad, so you can show them.
Well, I think that’s all. But remember, it’s been 10 years since I wrote this. Stuff has happened, good and bad. That’s just how life works, and you have to go with it.
Sincerely, Taylor Smith
This letter would have just been a cute reminder of the past, but under these circumstances, it was sad and beautiful for Taylor’s parents to discover it.
Taylor’s memory will live on with her parents, and this letter serves as a reminder to us all that life is precious and we should cherish it. We never know when it will come to an end, so we need to live every day to its fullest.
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