Angie S.

This girl has been through some serious stuff. And she takes it, and do you know what she does? She sees through it. And it all comes back to love in the end. Can you imagine losing someone you love to an addiction? Can you imagine seeing them change until you barely recognize them? But you get glimpses every now and then that they are still there, so you never give up hope? And then, one day, they lose...so you lose....and your heart is torn in two, because it doesn't make any sense at all.
She sings his song loudly, and she'll tell his story passionately if you want to hear it. And by the end, you love him too, and you can feel the sadness and the weight of the loss, but it wasn't for no reason at all, afterall. Every person who knew him was touched, and many of us who never knew him were touched. I know that I now have a better understanding of what that drug does, and how seductive it is, and how good it feels to be on it.
Then there was the time her baby drowned. He survived, but he was gone for a minute. It happened in a pool, with her standing right there with him. I think of her EVERY time the kids are in the pool. It happens THAT FAST. She was helping A, and T went under, breathed water in and it was done. He was BLUE. Not breathing. DONE. THANK GOD he came back. Can you imagine? Can you imagine what that felt like to see your baby, blue and gone?
She questions all the rules, just like I do. Boy would we have fun if she lived near me. Nothing is accepted just because someone said. No way. That's not what we're here for. I love her heart. I love how accepting she is of everyone. I love how colorful she is. And I will never forget what she said : Love Is Fluid. Isn't that the best? You can't cage it in, you can't keep it all to yourself, it's fluid. It's okay to love everyone. It's fluid. It holds no shape, it leaves no one out.
I <3 Angie!