Kelsey, the toddler who died, can we hear some good memories of her?

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yaMeVoy wrote:

We would watch movies together,
dance together,
go shopping together,
sleep together,
and some days until noon,
put puzzles together,
color together and
we even made a cake together.
In 2005,
we made a strawberry shortcake together with strawberry icing and sprinkles.
I helped her with the icing but she had a big time shaking the sprinkles all over the cake.
I can still see the look on her face smiling from ear to ear, clapping her hands when
I clapped with her and told her,
"Good job!" October 10, 2005,
the day before my entire life turned upside down,
Kelsey and I were sitting in the truck waiting on our new furniture at Mathis Brothers.
Kelsey was in the backseat in her carseat and she began counting 1, 2, 3,...
and when she got to ten she kept going, 11, 12, 13, 14,
and then stopped.
I had never heard her count that high before,
and when I turned around and looked at her in amazement,
she just smiled as big as ever with a look on her face as if thinking,
"You didn't know I could do that, did you?"
She could always make me smile and made me proud every day.
When my mom had Kelsey in her care all of May and part of June 2005,
she made a statement my mom says she will never forget.
My mom and Kelsey were taking the trash down through the pasture to the dump when Kelsey reached down to the radio knob, turned it on, and said,
"I haffa (have to) hear good music."
Laughing, my mom asked her,
"What do you know about good music?
Your momma has spoiled you rotten."
Kelsey just smiled at her,
knowing she had made a funny.
Although Kelsey was only two and a half years old,
I think back on her short life,
and we did a lot together.
From hanging out watching movies,
her favorite being Shrek,
to going through a cave in Branson, Missouri,
to going down the water slides
together at White Water and
eating crawfish and crablegs.
The memories make me smile
and laugh everyday,
but some days are a lot harder than others.
Even though the memories are great,
we were ripped of many years to come.
I think about the things we were able to do,
but not without thinking about the things we will never be able to do. I will never see
her tie her own shoe,
ride a bicycle with
or without training wheels,
go to her first day of kindergarten,
graduate from the eighth grade,
go on her first date.
I will never be able to teach her to drive a car,
teach her to put makeup on,
take her shopping for her prom dress
and her wedding dress...I will never see my baby grow up.
April 11, 2008,
my son turned two
and my daughter has now been gone
for two years and six months,
and to this day there is not a day that
goes by that I don't talk about her
or think about her.
It will be this way for the rest of my life.
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KelseysVoice wrote:

<quoted text>It will also be the same way for Lance. At least grant him THAT courtesy.

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KelseysVoice wrote:

<quoted text>Let me ask you an honest question. If I had posted video memories of Kelsey from the other side, would you have bothered to watch them? And Mildred was Kelsey's great-grandmother.

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yaMeVoy wrote:

Abbie
there was more pics
but during this time kelsey was not feeling well and Im sure they was at home alot of time.
The one with Raye an kelsey was taken in Branson where they have the yellow hats on.
Also when Raye was wearing the green dress posin with kelsey that was late August Early September
(i belive) lol.
You can very well see she was not sad all the time maybe only when she gets mad at certain situations.

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yaMeVoy wrote:

Dana
It breaks my heart.
That Kelsey is a beautiful girl
Her mother loves Kelsey so much and you can tell?
There are so many pictures of this child!
xx Rip babe xx
your mommy will be freed soon and you can finally rest in peace x
Forever 2 R.I.P Kelsey
Forever 2 R.I.P Kelsey

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yaMeVoy wrote:

<quoted text>
I posted his beautiful video.Is that courtesy or what?

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yaMeVoy wrote:

<quoted text> I did watch them before I posted them. and Mildred was a great grandma,Gayla was a great grandma too. Kelsey had a lot of great and mighty relatives.
she would be very sad to know they are hurting.

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KelseysVoice wrote:

<quoted text>Sue, everyone who loved Kelsey is hurting. Be fair.

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KelseysVoice wrote:

<quoted text>Yes, you posted the link to that lovely video. I thank you for that, Sue. But, you have posted Raye's words. Please give the memories of the Briggs family equal time. I'm willing to bet that a lot of people would have more respect for you, if you did. And this forum would be more fairly balanced.

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KelseysVoice wrote:

<quoted text>Kelsey is resting in peace, because her lying, abusive mother is behind bars where she belongs.

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yaMeVoy wrote:

<quoted text>
no buttered buns, she is resting in peace because somebody truly love that baby, we need to be peaceable with kelsey's family.

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yaMeVoy wrote:

balance it please, thank you. I would very much like to hear the experience they had with kelsey, I am sure the briggs had some sweet memories of kelsey, I found the pictures of kelsey and her daddy to be very admirable. If kelsey were to live, she would cherish these pictures all her life,

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yaMeVoy wrote:

<quoted text>if you want to post some words of someone else that would be nice. I would like to hear it, I personally do not have access to much, and I am working full time so I don't have time.

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yaMeVoy wrote:

<quoted text>be fair? did I say that their were people who loved kelsey who were not hurting,?

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KelseysVoice wrote:

<quoted text>You implied that the Smith family was the only ones hurting. Everyone who knew Kelsey; whether they be Smith, Briggs, or a child in Kelsey's daycare, is hurting.

yaMeVoy wrote:

<quoted text> but nobody is hurting more than the close family of kelsey's. who were there for her and took care of her while she was being carried in her mommy's belly.
no body is hurting more than raye, and kelsey would be hurt over this if she knew what happened to her mommy.

YaMeVoy wrote:

Kelsey woke up at about 9:30-10:00am
and had breakfast.
After that,
Raye and Kelsey went
outside and played.
Kelsey saw a turtle
that she and Raye had brought
up to the porch and played with.
At 2pm,
Raye and Kelsey
laid down
to take a nap....
Kelsey had been playing with a raisin box
... Kelsey then said,
"I love you, mommy."
Raye looked at her and said,
"I love you too, Kels."
And they went to sleep.
Forty-five minutes later,
Raye woke up to see Mike standing
over the bed looking at her.
She got up and put her flip-flops on
and waited to see if Kelsey would wake up.
When she didn't, she left telling Mike,
"Take care of my baby."
Mike rolled his eyes and nodded.
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