How can a life just end? I just don't understand how you can be here one minute and gone the next. I have been putting off writing this but it seems like I owe it to people to let them know what happened since so many people have been praying for Jenna so hard even though they had never met her. You all know how much she has meant to me over the past few years and I thank you all for your support and prayers as she has gone through the past several months battling leukemia (AML) and ask for your continued prayers for her children and her family and friends.
Tragically Jenna lost her battle to AML yesterday due to some complications, after only returning to the hospital 2 days before. Her unborn baby, Will was also lost. We didn't see it coming until it was just moments away. It is shocking and numbing. After all Jenna is superwoman, she births 11+ pound babies like it is nothing and she fights cancer and wins. She fights for what she wants, she is confident and sure and never afraid to speak her mind. I always thought I was a strong person until I met her. I have never in my life seen someone have so many things go wrong and still be upbeat. Even though things got her down from time to time she always found a way to put humor to it, or find some way to see the positive. Who does that? I admire her so much for all that she went through this past year and how well she managed to get through it when most of us would have just fallen apart at the seams.
Words can not even begin to express the sadness I have in my heart now. It is broken. My heart aches for her, that she will not get to be here for her children. It breaks for her children that they will no longer get to feel her love, feel her hugs, hear her voice say the words I love you. It bleeds for Mark, knowing that he has so much to endure, with his own grief, to working, to taking care of and trying to fill the void in three young kids. It cries for her mother and her father having to say good bye to their baby, part of their soul. And for her sister and brother to lose a piece of their lives and their hearts. And for all of the other family members and friends who loved her so much. It breaks for Me and Barbara and Chandra and our children, we all spent so much time together and have all become so close and that is truly because of Jenna. We all started out as friends with her and she brought us all together. I can't imagine how we are going to play and have her not be there. I know that I was not her best friend but we were close friends, good friends, and here in TN, in my life here she has been my best friend. I am so thankful to have had her as such a big part of my life for the past couple of years. She was the first person I met in TN, before I even technically moved here. I met her on matching moms and was so excited that she had a daughter the same age as Mykenzie. I always had fun with her, I always smiled and laughed with her. I will always hold her in my heart and I will never forget her. She was loved by all who knew her and will be missed greatly. I love you Jenna and I miss you dearly. Rest in Peace my sweet friend
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Big Hugs Jacy!
Jacy,
I am so very sorry to hear about your friend Jenna and the family and her friends including yourself have already been in my prayers. Death is a hard thing to endure for all of us, In your Blog it says you can't understand it and that makes you no different then anyone in this world, One thing that helped me was to read the book of Ecclesiastes in the old testament of the Bible, You can also do this online and see it in the different versions that are more understandable. http://www.biblegateway.com/ I personally like the NLT New Living Translation thats what version we use at the church I attend. Also if you go to Our Churchs website http://www.rivertreechristian.com/massillon/audio/ Scroll down to 4/23/06 (Hope when someone You love dies.) That also may help you , but no matter what your going to be sad, your going to grieve, You wouldn't be normal if you didn't, It's a process and takes time to overcome, It's not about forgetting, It's more about accepting. Just remember Jacy, My love and prayers are with you, If there is anything I can do let me know, I am here for you! Hugs BETH
Hugs to you Jacy!
Aww Jacy! Big hugs! I know Jenna was a big part of your life and she will always be missed.
Jacy,
I don't understand it either. It seems like a bad dream, or a bad episode of the twilight zone. Prayers for us all.
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