Always In Our Hearts... Ashton

Two years ago yesterday my family lost a very special little boy.  Ashton had just barely passed the milestone of becoming eight and on a day where the sun was shining and any other little boy in town might have been outside playing beneath it, our little boy took his final breaths and let go.

Ashton's death rocked my world.  In many ways when I lost him, it felt as if I were losing what could have been my son.  Which is not to put myself in the place of his mother - I was and will always be Aunt Stacey - but I loved him in the same way a mother loves her own child all the way deep down to my soul.

When I think of Ashton, I can't help but smile.  He was just the biggest ball of love you could ever hope to find.  He taught me lessons he didn't even know he was teaching.  And it's because of him that I will always value every moment no matter if it's good or bad.  And I will be happy for each day even if every day doesn't have a happy ending.  He taught me how important it is to love with everything you are and all that you have no matter the outcome.  And he proved to me that sometimes it's okay to just relax sit back smile and simply be silly.

I wouldn't trade a single moment we had unless it was for a thousand more of those same moments.

I miss you Ashton.