Everybody knows being 16-years-old is a difficult time. Itโs an age where youโre stuck trying to find your identity while also exploring new social circles. The last thing teenagers usually want to do is stay home and spend time with their parentsโฆ
But Macy Mathis wasnโt your typical teenager, sheโd do anything to hang out with her family.
Of course, sheโd make time for her loving boyfriend and friends, however, spending time with mom was always a top priority.
Macy was one of the most kind-hearted teenagers you could ever meet and she and her mother Cindy were like two peas in a pod.
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But sadly 16-year-old Macy was taken from this Earth way too soon when she and her boyfriend were involved in a tragic car accident.
The kind of pain a parent endures after losing a child is unfathomable and Macyโs mother Cindy desperately wished to wake up from the nightmareโฆ But it was their familyโs reality.
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Like any parent, Cindy struggled to comprehend the loss of her beautiful daughter. She yearned to hold Macy just one last time. Little did Cindy know she was going to find something that would make the days a bit easier.
A year before Macy passed she gifted her mother a very thoughtful birthday present.
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She wrote 25 personalized letters for her mom to open during different occasions. There were letters for the rough days, happy days, and everything in between.
Cindy had forgotten about her precious gift when one day she came across one of the letters.
She told Inside Edition,
โIt was about a month after Macy had passed. I was cleaning out my trunk and I found one letter that said, โWhen you canโt sleep, open this, I grabbed it and I screamed bloody murder.โ
Cindy remembered there were 24 more letters scattered around the house and she went digging high and low to find them all.
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Macy wrote on the 25 envelopes things like, โOpen when youโre excited about something, โOpen when you need a laugh,โ and โOpen when youโre feeling sick.โ. There was one letter that struck Cindyโs heart the moment she saw it, it was titled โOpen when you miss meโ.
The letter was filled with Macyโs sweet and thoughtful words which her mom needed dearly.
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Even though Cindy was overjoyed when she was first given those special letters she never would have known how much weight theyโd hold just a year later. She explained to Inside Edition,
โI truly feel these letters have kept me alive. Every time I feel like giving up, Iโll go open one, even one that Iโve already opened and just read it again, and I feel like, โYouโve got me girl, youโve got me.โ
No parent should ever have to go through such a horrific loss. But Cindy felt grateful to have Macyโs beautiful handwritten words to help soothe her grief.
Cindy has even waited to open some of the letters because she wanted to open them for the days Macy wished for her too. Since finding the letters, Cindy sparked an idea. She decided she was going to write a book in Macyโs honor.
The book would be an inspirational piece that would help others who have lost loved ones.
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Itโs still a work in progress, but Cindy has created and Facebook page called Macyโs Journey, where she posts memories and other things to keep her story alive.
Even though Macyโs may not physically be here, her genuine heart and spirit live on forever.
We wishing nothing but love and healing for the Mathis family. Even though Macyโs may not physically be here, her genuine heart and spirit live on forever.
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