Dear Kraven,
There are so many things I wish today. I wish I could have been humble enough to learn all the hard, sad lessons I’ve learned in the past few days while you were alive. Family relationships are important. Every single one. I know you knew that. You learned it from your mother. Now that everyone is stricken and reverent I see how families need each member, no matter how tiny to absorb our hurts and emptiness. We are tied eternally to each other. I keep thinking of when I found out I had cancer and you were so concerned. You took on more worry than a child your age should have. You took on more than any other child did. You were such a deeply empathetic soul. I wish I would have been more empathetic toward you while you were alive. That is what makes my heart sick. I wish I would have invited you to spend the night at my house as you requested several times. I wish I would have, but I didn’t and that has made me think hard about how I need to open up my heart to the children in our family. I will love and cherish them. I don’t think that Hila understands how you are gone from us right now. I have always loved the way you made room for her and made her part of the group even though she is much younger. She loves and looked up to you so much. We miss you, sweet girl.
Eternally your Aunt,
Jessica
