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A Letter to Our Girls
The following letter was written by Tina Smith in memory of our three girls lost to suicide. Tina read this letter as a closing tribute during a Mt. Washington Bike Rally, held in the girls memory, on October 19, 2008. Twenty-eight bikers attended the rally, some traveling from Tennessee to attend. Members from Bikers for Christ spoke, along with Mark Neblett and Tina Smith with Make a Difference for Kids, and Jan Ulrich from the Kentucky Suicide Prevention Group.
Here is Tina's letter to our girls: My dearest Rachael, Kristen, and Karissa, I know that you are watching over us today as we gather here in your memory. I just wanted to let you know that through the tragedy of losing our precious girls there have been positive things that have come out of the greatest loss we as parents and family members could ever experience. We all miss the sounds of your voice even if it was us telling you five times to get up and go to school. It is the little things in life that people take for granted. And, even though not every moment was perfect between us as a family, you girls were perfect in our eyes. We want to let you know that your young lives gone so quickly was not a waste. The waste is what your future could have been. You could have done anything you wanted. You had the world at your fingertips. We as parents are so sorry that we did not know how deep your pain was that would make you decide to end your beautiful life at such a young age. If we would have known then what we know now, I truely believe, in my heart, we would have saved you all. To find some peace in the tragedy of losing our girls, I have to believe that God needed three special angels. He could not have picked anyone better than you girls. If we could turn back the hand of time, we would have went to any length to save you. But the reality of it is we cannot. So that is why we are out in the communitites and schools - pretty much anywhere we can go -- to get people to listen to us tell our stories about our baby girls, with the hope that another family will never have to experience the pain and loss of losing one of God's gift's -- a child. Please continue to watch over us, our guardian angels, and be there not only for us as parents, family members, and friends, but for especially for your brothers and sisters, as they struggle to make sense of why their sissy's left them. Peyton, Brittany, Mason, Airika, Krissie, Emily, Trenten, and Trevor, please hold on to the good memories you have of your sisters. I want you, Rachael, Kristen, and Karissa, to know that you will never be forgotten, and that there will always be a hole in our hearts from losing you. But, we will just hold on to those memories. You will always be in our hearts and never be forgotten. We love you all so very much.
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