Today would have been your 13th Gotcha Day. I remember it like it was yesterday when I made the 9 hour journey from Florida to North Carolina to pick you up. You were so small and I cried the first time I saw you. To think of the abuse you endured broke my heart. But, I knew that with time and all the love we could give you, you’d thrive. And, thrive you did. We miss you every day and life is not the same without you. You changed us for the better and lived your best life with all the love and h