Afterburn

Never, ever in my life have I thought of getting a tattoo, I am totally against them actually. But Bonnie came over the other day and said, "Hey Karen, want to get a tattoo? She wants to get a little angel right by her heart with Aimee's name on it. I said," No!". But the more I thought about it the more I realized it would be healing for me. I am so afraid I am going to forget Aimee, and I don't ever, ever want to forget her. I decided a small F16 fighter jet would look good on my back.

This way every time I look at my shoulder, I will have a part of Aimee with me forever. One time we were at the Osh Gosh Air Show. Her and I were getting something to drink and we lost Bonnie and Ken, this jet came by real low, she jumped around with a big smile and said, "WOW, HE'S SHOWING OFF! LOOK AT THAT AWESOME AFTERBURN!"

I just go through days when I'm so busy with my kids & home & job and don't think about Aimee, then when it finally comes to my mind again what happened, I don't know I just don't ever want to not have her sweet smile on my mind. I feel like I'm doing somethin awesome just for her. I could see her laughing up there, thinking "You would do that just for me!"

Aunt Karen