Michael, Jillian, Makayla & Bryce Casey Tribute

They say time heals all wounds but in this case its simply not true. I miss them dearly and still have that ache in my heart and lump in my throat. I was never religious until now and I pray everyday to see them again. I know they are happy wherever thy are. My thoughts are with the Casey family and Schuessler family always.

I was reading my mom's notes recently on how to prepare her full Thanksgiving dinner. She took the time to write it out in great detail , step by step because this was our first ever Thanksgiving away from home. Mom wrote that you need to, "boil the liver, heart etc for the gravy.." but that once this was done we could "carefully cut these up and feed them to Stella. She would really enjoy them." My heart literally skipped a beat reading this and then the memories of Stella and Jill, Stella and Mike came flooding in. Mike trying to pretend she was a seeing eye dog at The Mirage in Vegas (they got as far as the elevator) and instead Jill took her to Red Rock Canyon to camp for the weekend. The wonderfully prepared meals of hamburg and scrambled eggs Jill made for her was always impressive. The memories of walking up Cache Creek's Putt Putt trail with Jill and Stella returns to me so vividly every time I'm there. And til this day Stella rests up on Teton Pass where both Jill and Mike buried her under, per Jill, Stella's favorite tree. I wish I could remember where that tree was. I'd like to have a visit with them from there. I wish we could reminisce these memories together. I wish I could get one more loud belly laugh from Jill with head thrown back and her exclaiming, "Mare!" I wish it wouldn't have been so many years gone by that we didn't see eachother. I will forever wish peace for their friends and family. Maire