My Angel Now Has Wings

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Alex Rodriguez April 30, 2014 - 7:38pm

I came upon a picture

Hiding on your page

All I did was look 

And  it popped out plain as day. 

 

The image that it captured

Of you so free and gay. 

It reminded me of how you were

Embracing every day.

 

You so  embodied joy. 

Had a such a zest for life. 

You always embraced it. 

Always  with such a delight. 

 

When I saw the picture,

And the memory  that emerged; 

A peace overcame my being, 

One I couldn't purge. 

 

This is  now my image of you ,

As you soar across the skies;

Zipping too and fro;

You are helping me get by.

 

My angel, you  always  knew;

One day you'd surely fly. 

Every time it came  your way

You  never  let go by.

 

But now my sweet angel

Now you have your wings.

And although,  I miss you more;

I do have solace just at times 

Knowing that you can soar. 

 

 

........

 

PS... Send me more signs .. like this  Baby. I loved this!

 

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Alex Rodriguez is a wife and mother of 3 boys and life long resident of Mill Valley, CA. She lost her 2nd born son Steven (19) to a very rare brain cancer on 10/17/13. One of 30 documented of adult AT/RT. One of 5 documented cases side effects of chemotherapy called neutropenic gastritis. He was diagnosed May 15, 2013. After suffering uncontrolled headaches for a period of a few weeks and being misdiagnosed as - Wisdom Teeth, Whip lash, dehydration, Poor Diet, and being told by a doctor after doing a neurology exam (sans CT/MRI) "Good news is you don't have a brain tumor".. It was found that he indeed did have a 7cm brain tumor located on his right frontal lobe. After Emergency Craniotomy partial resection , and 121 Days of Inpatient Care of aggressive Chemotherapy ( exploding his tumor) and radiation- his hard fought battle was lost. But not without displaying courage and positiveness and a thirst for life. He was Given 2 options to return home if he had enough.. he continued to fight and would never give up .. as in his words - Even though it "sucked" …he was happy to just be alive. This is my journey as a grieving mother. Steven is survived by Alex, his father, Rafael and 2 brothers Michael (22) and Matthew (13)
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