Hello Everyone!
This is April, one of Taylors older sisters. I know this has been a rough year for our whole family, and friends.
I am sitting at my moms house now, just thinking of the million things that I could write about Miss Taylor. There are so many memories I have of and with Precious Taylor!
I know some of you already know the story about Taylors driving incidence. Well.....I will tell it again.
It was just a couple weeks after Taylor had gotten diagnosed with cancer. It was also the night before Easter. So, Taylor and I went to Walmart to go get some easter eggs and some chocolate for the kids. While we were there, I was giving Taylor a lecture about how she needed to listen to mom about taking her medicine, because it was best for her. We argued and argued! But to solve the problem, I said to Taylor " Name one thing I can let you do that you aren't supposed to! If I let you do it, you have to PROMISE me that you will do as you are told when it comes to your medicine!" Taylors reply to that was..... " Will you let me drive!?" Ofcourse, I said yes!
So, Tay and I left Walmart, and we drove out to the country so I could give her driving lessons....she did really well. So I then let her continue driving into town. We were on a back street, and Taylor started swerving, and it didn't help that she liked to drive with one foot instead of two! We were coming up on a stop sign and saw a cop! I told Taylor to drive up a block and pull over...which she did. Taylor and I swapped seats, and sure enough there were cop lights flashing behind us. Thank goodness we had swapped seats. So, the cop comes to my window and asks why 'I' was swerving, and I told him I was looking for something. He then tells me that I have a warrant for my arrest for unpaid parking tickets!!! Can you believe it?! So, the cop was nice enough to let me call Tim, to see if he could come get Taylor. The last thing I wanted was for my mom to know Taylor was driving, or that she was with me when I got arrested for unpaid parking tickets. So, the cop puts me in the cop car and Taylor ended up getting in another cop car, so he could give her a ride home. As we started pulling away, Taylor yelled out " see you tomorrow!" started laughing, and was waving at me! She was such a turkey! We told Kaci about it, but promised we would never let mom know that Taylor was driving, and Taylor kept her promise. I don't even remember how my mom found out! I gotta say, that night wasn't fun going to jail for the hour that I did, but it was hilarious that all Taylor could do was laugh at me and wave.....and I had the priviledge to let her drive.
After that day she would always ask me to drive, and I would never let her. So she would always ask if she could atleast steer, and that we could agree on!
I miss her SO MUCH!! I miss our sleepovers in Fargo, and our days where it was just her and I. We would just talk about everything under the sun, and not have a care in the world! The days we would go shopping, and out for lunch, our naps together. There is nothing more in this world that I could ask for, but for her to be in peace....but I am greedy, and want her back! I wish I could give her a hug, and tell her how much I love her. I try so hard to see Taylor in my kids....and believe me, I do. When Grace plays peek a boo, I know Taylor taught her that. Cassandra will sing a song or do something a certain way, or say something, and say " Auntie Taylor did that, or said that." And little Logan Taylor, he raises his eyebrows, and I see Taylor raising her eyebrows the same way!
But, I know Taylor is with each and everyone of us watching over us and laughing with us at the good times, and crying with us at the bad times. I know shes watching out for all her nieces and nephews, and family and friends, and is in no better place but Heaven, and no matter how bad I want her here, I know that is whats best for her.
So, as I have teared up the whole time writing this, I am now going to end my journal entry.
FROG, because there is no other way...
Love April
