It is perfectly fine to smile and cry at the same time, or to alternate. You can be happy and sad at the same time…happy for the memories, sad that there won’t be anymore. I know that there isn’t any good way to say good bye, we can debate what’s best, but you don’t get to choose, do you?

Quick and painful, or long drawn out and painful.

Together with family and friends, though, not alone. Never alone.

I mean, if you can choose that, then do it. (But, you can’t.)

We will definitely smile and cry in the future, you can’t help it. There is no time constraint, no way to know when it will end. It might not ever end. You will just have to trust that you will be able to get through it, in time and with a little help from your friends.

~ Dawn aka Hat Girl