Its so hard to imagine these past 212 days and how I, we, all of us have found our ways through, since the loss of Sydney. I am absolutely 100% sure that each of us has had hard, emotional days and moments. Sometimes I still am unable to look at her picture because it makes my cry. Other days the pictures provide me with an inner strength. I no longer get upset with myself for these feelings, I simply allow them to flow as they need to and then...

We have been informed the criminal trial date has been set for the week of December 5th, 2017. With that, I have once again been reorganizing (for lack of a better word) where I stand on things. My values and beliefs have definitely been questioned through this process, as would any mother. I believe in choice and consequence. Sydney made a choice to trust in the defendant and the consequence was her life. The defendant made a choice to violate...