Love, Kennedy Page #4

Mr. Belnap said

I could take just a minute

because my wife, Heather,

and I love this school

and we love all of you

for what you've done

for our daughter, Kennedy.

A lot of things will

come and go in life,

but this year, these moments

that you've given Kennedy

we will never forget.

And we hope you don't

forget them either.

I can say with confidence

that Kennedy won't

cheer next year,

she won't even...

So never forget.

Never forget!

Thank you for all

that you have done

to give Kennedy a great, great

year here at Fremont high.

We love you!

Kennedy told us that one

month after she would die,

a miracle would happen.

She kept telling us that

she was having dreams

about heaven and that heavenly

father wanted her home.

While she still understands,

you need to take her

on her last ride.

Lately, she hadn't been

able to speak very clearly

but as I took her to the

truck she said very plainly...

Daddy,

if the whole family keeps,

choose the right we'll

be together forever.

You okay, Beau-Beau?

Oh, come here.

What are you thinking?

Well, what if you

and daddy get sick and die?

Nope.

Not gonna happen.

Oh, daddy.

Hi girls!

So nice of you to come.

- Hey Megan.

- Hi.

She's been waiting for you.

So, come on in.

Everybody else will be

here in a little while.

Okay, thank you.

So, um, she can't talk anymore,

but she will know you're here

and what does still work

is you can ask her a

yes or a no question

and if she squeezes your

hand once it's a no,

and twice is a yes.

Okay.

Are you sure?

Are you really, really sure?

Megan, ask her again.

Okay.

Do you think Jaden is cute?

Do you think Jaden is the

cutest boy in the whole world?

Kennedy?

Are you afraid?

She's so good.

She doesn't have

anything to be afraid of.

She's close to heavenly father.

Hey Kenn,

can you see Jesus?

I can feel that he's here.

Hey guys, can we come in?

You did more for us

than we ever could have

done for you, Princess.

She is a great hugger.

When you hug her,

you feel of her goodness

and the beauty she has inside.

I love you Kennedy.

The entire

squad sang to her, let it go.

I was struggling...

You've helped me see what's...

What really matters.

Mom used to sing

that song to me,

she's gone

and now it's your turn.

Kennedy Ann Hansen...

By the power of Jesus Christ

I lay my hands upon your head

and I say unto you...

Begin the process

to release yourself of all of

your worldly cares and burdens.

There are those waiting

to be hugged by you.

A few hours later, she died.

Wait, elder, isn't this

the guy they said hates us?

No, no.

Elder.

You know most trainer's

actually take care of

their junior companions.

Make them do stuff like this.

You know, when I'm a trainer

my junior is gonna love me.

Finally, woo!

Jace, phone's for you.

All right, thank you.

Hello.

Yeah, Lance.

Happy to help.

Okay, we'll see

you Friday at 7:
00.

So, you really

don't know why we're here?

Uh-huh.

So, are you guys

doing all right?

Are you okay?

You know,

just one day at a time.

We can't imagine what

you must be going through,

but hope that what

we have to tell you

will bring you some comfort.

Lexi has something to tell you.

Well...

Our family hasn't

been religious...

I respected Kennedy right off

because you could

tell she was...

You know, she knew Christ.

That night when

Kennedy passed away

and the whole team came

over to say good-bye,

I had feelings that

were so strong...

Feelings I'd never had before.

When it was my turn

to say goodbye to her,

I hugged her and said,

"did you choose this?"

And Kennedy answered,

yes.

Even though she had been pretty

much unconscious the whole time,

she said it very clearly.

I kept thinking

that in some way,

maybe she told god it was

okay that this happened to her

and that got me where

I couldn't stop crying...

At home,

I hurried to my room

and just laid there and cried.

I must've cried for an hour.

Then,

she came in.

I felt her sit on

the edge of my bed.

I felt her put her

hand on top of mine.

Lexi,

who came to you?

Kennedy.

Then, without her talking,

she spoke to me.

Lexi,

missionaries are going to come

and you need to listen to them.

You need to have

faith and be strong.

Especially,

you've got to help your dad.

Then I felt the pressure

come off the bed and my hand.

I thought she was gone.

But she was there.

Lexi.

Be strong.

When I looked again,

she was gone.

I cried myself to sleep.

Then in the morning,

my mom came in.

Honey, honey.

Kennedy's gone.

But I already knew...

I was embarrassed

to tell anybody

but I just kept thinking

about it all the time.

Then a while later...

Can I help you?

We're missionaries from the church of

Jesus Christ of latter day saints.

We have a message we'd

like to share with you.

Is there anyone else at home?

We can't come in if

it's just one sister.

My daughters are here.

Would that be ok?

Sure

you need to know that my husband

was born in the church but

has long since left it.

Things happened in his life

that not only turned him

away from the church.

He's angry and bitter about it.

If he were to come home,

I'm sure you'd have to leave.

Well that wouldn't be the first

time that's happened to us.

Lance, just hear to

what they have to say.

You know how I feel about this.

You need to understand

I've been a heavy partier,

a few weeks before this, I had come

home with a weird stomach ache.

It turns out I have

pancreatic cancer.

That's what killed

my grandmother,

and that's what killed my mom.

The Dr. said one more

drink could kill him.

So with everything that's

been going on in my life

and then cancer.

I'm mad at god.

And I'm thinking how

could there even be a god?

So with this attitude,

I come home...

And here's the missionaries,

in my own house.

So I tell 'em how I felt.

I went to church,

and I did all that,

and god, if there is a god,

turned his back on me.

I can't believe it.

And I don't know how you can sit

there and say you believe it either.

I think you're mad at god

and you tell others and try to

convince them to forsake him too.

I think the adversary has

you right where he wants you.

That comment hit me hard,

but it was the elder's next words

that went straight to my heart.

We want you to know,

brother Velasquez,

that we weren't out

randomly knocking on doors.

In our mission, we're not

even allowed to do that.

We were sent here,

to this home, to you.

God has bigger plans

for you and your family.

Daddy, the night she died,

Kennedy told me

this would happen.

We need to listen to them.

I would drop the

kids off at school

and I noticed Kennedy.

I saw her declining.

I was drawn to her.

I don't know why.

Now, this has all

started to make sense.

So, we want to know if

you would be here with us

while we're taught

the missionary lessons.

Kennedy had told us that one month after

she would die, there would be a miracle.

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