The beautiful Andrea Collins Smith, also known as Punk Rock Mommy, passed away yesterday morning. She’s a mom to six amazing kids, battled breast cancer for a year, and chronicled it in a way that constantly blew me away.
I don’t know Andrea or her family in real life, only what they shared this past year. What they shared makes me want to be a better mom, a better person, and to be so much more grateful every day I walk this earth.
Earlier this week, A.’s husband, Kelly, wrote, “Let me be there , let me find you. let me clean you up and hold you for a while, let me give you the drugs to ease your pain as you slip away. let me be your husband and love you till the end.”
And that is what happened, and for that I’m glad.
If you get a chance, read some of what Andrea wrote this past year. You won’t walk away unchanged. She prepared a final blog post some time ago, as well as birthday cards for all of her children for the next few years. (That broke my heart, but also impressed me very much.) In her final post, she writes,
“I learned that all the small stuff is very small and not worth your time and attention. Gossip and resentments,worrying about things that never happen, fearing the unknown. Let it go my lovelies, breath and just be good to each other.”
I’ll be here trying, Andrea, and I hope to meet you in the next life.
xoxo,
L
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