Its funny, last year about a week before I found out that you weren’t well I came across some pictures of us when we were little. This week I came across them again, and this time I put them into an album. I am going to try and scan them in because they are so so sweet, and you look so cute, everyone should see them! I think about you everyday, and you appear in my dreams all the time! When ever I hear old Madonna songs I smile thinking of us singing along and making dances up. Especially Like a Prayer!
Missing and thinking of you!
Natalie
x x x

Miss u Kat, I keep a picture of u and I in my planner and I see it often. I thought about u a lot last Friday and so wish I could see u. I hope u and my friend mario are looking out for us down here, miss u always

cam

Hi Katie,

I’m thinking of and celebrating you today by having a coke :0)  I miss you…

Love,

Apryl

Kate

There are anniversaries that you look forward to, and well ,others we don’t. This July 18th marks one year from the saddest day in my life. So, if you believe the glass is half full, every day since then has been less sad.You are in my thoughts and mind every day, without exception. I  constantly laugh and chuckle over you, so while I miss you immensly,  I am always having some lighthearted thoughts  thinking about your foibles,  and it eases my pain. Since you are still with me as you will always be part of my soul,you have caused me to  now  being caught leaving drawers open and leaving bottles of water around the house….remind you of anyone who had a problem closing any drawers and leaving unfinished coke cans all over the place?

So a year has passed and you are no futher away, you are in my thoughts  forever as we relieve the events of a year ago

You are loved and missed more than you could imagine

Dad

I cannot stop thinking of you even more than i do already these last few days, as the news hits about Swine Flu all over the world. Pandemic, Epidemic the press are not sure what to call it yet. You would of been all over this and in a sick way loved every bit of it. You would be feeding the family all your medical knowledge on all of the public health issues surrounding Swine Flu.
Kate this would of been right up your alley, I wish you were here, i suppose you are as i can hear you in my head.
Stay close Kate, I love and miss you always.

Sarah xx

I went round to my dads today and was going through some old stuff, and I found my diary from 1994. Everyother entry was katie came round, or I spoke to katie today, or katie and I went shopping. One of the entries was about how I found the tape I have of us talking when we were little. And how I couldnt wait until we grew up and had children so that we could play it for them, and how they would find it funny. It made me really sad. Really sad! I promise, I will still play to my kids when I have them! They will find it funny, and I know you will be watching over us laughing with us!
Natalie x x x

Just wanted to say that I am thinking of you today. I always think about you, and had a dream about you a couple of nights ago. Wish i could send you and e_mail wishing you a happy birthday Missing you! natalie x x x

so i am at my mom’s house in colorado – the place where i stored all of my random crap before moving to chicago – and found the motherload of photos.  i have literally hundreds of pictures of kat.  my mom’s scanner is ancient, and i am leaving for the airport in less than an hour, and this was all i could do (this set comprises kat’s first semester as an RA, fall 2000).  i promise that the next time i come here, i will dedicate a day to scanning her pictures for posterity.  enjoy.  nadia (ps. i just realized the quality of these images is terrible… if anyone knows a better way to do this, please let me know… nadiareynolds@hotmail.com – thanks)

I missed you so much today. We just got back from my Grandmother’s house. I got a whole bunch of cool stuff, but I wish I were able to have given you all the stuff I saw this season that screamed your name. Anyway, I miss you always and hope all is well for those who missed you this Christmas as well. Love you~

~Boyfriend

Kate

Most people  don’t know what Boxing Day is. It is the day after Christmas. Around much of the world it is a public holiday, but to me..it’s my birthday. Birthdays  are meant to be fun, but the air is  somehwhat out of it this year, but I know you would want it be a happy Day , so I shall make it that way.

For 27 years, I have had either a big cuddle or a cute /sarcastic card from you- often both. The present was always secondary. Only those who are daughters or fathers  know what it is to have a father -daughter relationship. Like many, our was and always will be special. There was a reason why I called you “Little Andrew” . You publically didn’t like this, but privately I know you enjoyed it. Together we are masters at our inability in opening drawers and never closing them, leaving things out instead of putting them away, being organized to a fault with lists, taking the lead and making tasks happen and of course our passion for quizzes, that started when you were 4 and continued till your last days with us( OK I will confess you were a winner on TV programs and films, acceptable on capitals of US states and over 25 years, you were getting the hang of world capitals!!

So today is Deecmber 26th and we have the family with us to celebrate Christmas  and my birthday. It’s nice to have them around, and we all miss you. However I decided soon after you travelled to your new home, that you would not want us to be down and in sorrow but to move on in a positive way.

And so it has been these past  5 months!!!

Today I received a special birthday present. I woke up to feel the warmth of your soul , the hug only Kate can give and knew that you will always be with me every day , including my birthday. Thank you too for my card and gift. The card is invisible to all except you and I and the gift is priceless- the everlasting memory of “little Andrew” sitting on your perch in my heart forever, your love for me and your total capacity to call me at all hours to solve all of your lifes problems! That is why I always told you the same  words your entire life, including the last words I  ever spoke to you ..I love you unconditionally. I will always remember thise were your last words spoken to me as well.

I still  love you and I hope you will accept my present to you, which is  that you will always be part of our family celebrations and every birthday I am there ready for the card and cuddle we enjoy just to ourselves- thats why father- daughter relationships are so special- and by the way if anyone thinks I am crazy in what I am writing, who cares ? Who is going to argue with me over how I feel. I will always love you.

Shuggie.. all my love.. Dad