Misty Bruce Sewell
I was headed to breakfast with a friend when I got a call from my grandma. She was crying and said something about someone dying. I assumed she was talking about my mom again because sometimes her grief consumes her and she'll call me. She wasn't. She was talking about a different death but it was just as unexpected as my mother's. My cousin Misty, she was 27 years old. She overdosed on something. I'm still not sure what and don't know that I'll ever know what she was thinking or why this happened. So many feelings similar to how I've felt about my mom's sudden death. It'll be two years in February and somehow every once in awhile I am still caught off guard by her absents. Those moments it hits me and you feel like you've been tackled from your blind side. My heart aches for so many things from her and for my kids. I can't imagine what misty's kids are going to feel like. She has three beautiful children the oldest girl trayley is 9, then her son Jarren just turned 8, and Makenna is just 2. My heart breaks the most for them and looking at their difficult circumstances and lacking environment. Kids shouldn't have to grow up that way. Not having your mom is so hard I just don't want that for them. Misty's passing made me think how similar she and my mom were. I don't know what heaven holds but I sure hope we get to reunite with our families. I bet Misty and mom are cracking jokes in their country accents and leading southern gospel praises to the mighty God. I have to believe that though evil is here on earth that in matters of life and death God's sovereignty prevails. That in their deaths they conquer for his glory. I have to believe that because the alternative is dark and hopeless. Misty was just one of those people who pulled others out of their shells. She was going to have a good time and do her darnedest to for you to have one too. She was one of my most favorite people growing up and though we allowed life to bring distance I know she loved me and she knew I loved her. For those of you who pray lease pray for comfort and peace for those who love and miss her and for sobriety and resolve for her husband. I know this must be so difficult for him, I can't imagine caring for three small children alone but they need him and I know that through prayer God can grant them this miracle. Thank you in advance.
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