All too soon

She started as a seed and bloomed too soon, but she blossomed and grew into a beautiful flower. All too soon that beautiful, fully blossomed flower was wilting and dead. A caterpillar she was no more. She went into her cocoon and came out a tiny little butterfly, she learned to fly on her own, and fly she did, she flew away, out of reach and out of sight. The tiny hand that I once held, will never be placed in mine again. The flower that blossomed and bloomed, the caterpillar that became a butterfly and flew, the tiny hand that I once held in my own, are all gone. Never will they be again. She flew away too soon; she flew away too fast, right before our very eyes our little butterfly was flying high above us. Our butterfly will never return. Life will not be the same, but we must go on. We must continue to live our lives, and we will live them to the fullest in honor of Addie, our precious little butterfly that was taken all too soon! I miss you terribly these days Addie! I will NEVER forget you!