Heartbeat ~ a tribute

9.

As of yesterday, June 6th, a lovely woman lost her battle to cancer. That woman was nobody else but Kat's mom.

The doctor said she had a year to live. I may safely say that its been under a year since her diagnosis.

She was truly truly wonderful. Her heart was too good for the world. I can see where Kat got it from.

She let me into her home when my mother kicked me out. She was going to adopt me. She presented me adoption papers on my birthday. She didn't have a lot of money and yet she took me in as one of her own. I'm in eternal debt to her and I never really repayed her. I didn't protect Kat for her. I haven't done anything, nothing at all to deserve the kindness she gave me.

And yet I'm more at ease than ever before.

Kat's mom gave up once she lost her daughter. She waited for death so they would be together again. And now they are.

The idea of Kat and her mom together soothes me more than anything else could. They'll both be happy and safe together. Reunited with her mother and father, Kat won't be lonely anymore.

That means the world to me.

I'm happy to say I've been letting go. Not of Kat, but of the pain I felt over her death. Order hasn't yet been restored fully to my world, but it will one day.

This may be the last time I update this story. Maybe.

Then again, I thought it was so last time I updated too.

This isn't really Kat's story. It's our story. Me and her. Her and I. One day, I will die too, and we'll meet again. Maybe sooner or later, we will meet.

Thank you to those who've read it. Thank you to those who've written for it. Thank you to those who've frowned even the slightest bit at news of her passing.

Thank you Kat, for changing my life.

May you live forever through your love. ♡