{"id":6242,"date":"2015-11-05T10:56:58","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T16:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgansstalking.com\/?p=6242"},"modified":"2015-11-05T10:56:58","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T16:56:58","slug":"remember-the-simple-things-in-life-like-brushing-your-childs-hair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgansstalking.com\/?p=6242","title":{"rendered":"Remember the simple things in life &#8211; like brushing your child&#8217;s hair&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/morgansstalking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Morgan-669-copy.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6213\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/morgansstalking.com\/?attachment_id=6213\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/morgansstalking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Morgan-669-copy.jpg?fit=555%2C842&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"555,842\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;6510 series&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1323021010&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;MorganwithMom&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MorganwithMom\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/morgansstalking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Morgan-669-copy.jpg?fit=555%2C842&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6213 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/morgansstalking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Morgan-669-copy.jpg?resize=198%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"MorganwithMom\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/morgansstalking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Morgan-669-copy.jpg?resize=198%2C300&amp;ssl=1 198w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/morgansstalking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Morgan-669-copy.jpg?w=555&amp;ssl=1 555w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a>I loved Morgan&#8217;s hair&#8230;actually I love everything about Morgan. \u00a0Her smile, her eyes, her voice, her cuddles, everything. \u00a0I miss everything about her &#8211; I miss Morgan. \u00a0Some mornings I wake up and just cry, I know it is the grieving process, but I still tell myself, &#8220;I want Morgan back, I want to wake up and see this was all just a bad dream.&#8221; \u00a0But that never happens, and it never will. \u00a0I know, just like all the other parents that have lost a child, that I will carry this pain with me until the day I die. \u00a0Don&#8217;t believe anyone that tells you it gets better over time &#8211; it doesn&#8217;t. \u00a0I think you just get better at managing it over the years. \u00a0But even if you get better at managing it &#8211; it still gets away from you at times when you least expect it, and the tears flow.<\/p>\n<p>It always seemed like Morgan loved having me brush her hair and braid it. \u00a0Even when she was an adult, she would sometimes ask me if I could put a french braid in her hair before she went to bed. \u00a0I think she knew I enjoyed it and it became one of our bonding moments over the years that we did together. \u00a0Just like squeezing each others hands to say, &#8220;I love you,&#8221; without words, or doing a girl&#8217;s night together where we would both give ourselves facials and laugh at how funny we looked. \u00a0All those precious memories are all I have left of Morgan. \u00a0I am so grateful that I have them &#8211; nothing can take away the love of a child, not even death.<\/p>\n<p>Parents never think they will loose a child. \u00a0We usually think we will pass before our children, and when a loved one is violently ripped from your life your whole world changes. I can no longer see Morgan&#8217;s bright light, but nevertheless I can &#8220;feel&#8221; it. \u00a0And I know others can too. \u00a0They tell me that the &#8220;felt&#8221; her right when they needed her. \u00a0She still comes to comfort them, and to let them know she is okay.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I loved Morgan&#8217;s hair&#8230;actually I love everything about Morgan. \u00a0Her smile, her eyes, her voice, her cuddles, everything. \u00a0I miss everything about her &#8211; I miss Morgan. \u00a0Some mornings I wake up and just cry, I know it is the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/morgansstalking.com\/?p=6242\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[490],"tags":[1010,708,825,826,985,829,1006,1011,64,629,1008,842,574,417,980,56,1012,322,512,291,17,594,981,924,923,925,889,993,832,830,831,1009,599,845,866,989,867,237,824,446,982,991,990],"class_list":["post-6242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-morgans-investigation","tag-aspen-equestrian-ranch","tag-co","tag-colorado-killing","tag-deaths-from-stalkers","tag-drive-a-spoke-into-the-wheels-of-injustice","tag-drugged-and-murdered","tag-every-move-you-make-by-victoria-heywood","tag-for-the-love-of-a-puppy","tag-garfield-county","tag-garfield-county-colorado","tag-good-book-about-stalkers","tag-help-find-justice-for-morgan","tag-humanity","tag-justice-for-morgan","tag-morgan-ingram","tag-morgan-ingram-colorado","tag-morgan-ingram-fund","tag-morgan-jennifer-ingram","tag-morgan-was-murdered-by-stalkers","tag-morgans-stalking-blog","tag-morgans-stalking","tag-morgans-stalkers","tag-murder-in-colorado","tag-murder-is-murder","tag-murder-is-not-political","tag-murder-is-not-politicalmurder-is-murder","tag-national-center-for-victims-of-crimes","tag-national-stalking-protocol","tag-northern-colorado-crime-stoppers","tag-predator-stalker","tag-predatory-stalking","tag-preshana-ranch-in-carbondale","tag-protecting-victims","tag-real-crime","tag-serial-murderers","tag-serial-stalker","tag-staged-crime-scenes","tag-stalked-and-murdered","tag-stalkers-murder","tag-toni-ingram","tag-toni-ingram-colorado","tag-trophy-hunter-killer","tag-trophy-hunter-stalker"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2wvjS-1CG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6827,"url":"https:\/\/morgansstalking.com\/?p=6827","url_meta":{"origin":6242,"position":0},"title":"Missing Morgan Every Minute of Every Day&#8230;","author":"Toni Ingram","date":"January 26, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Morgan's Investigation&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Morgan's Investigation","link":"https:\/\/morgansstalking.com\/?cat=490"},"img":{"alt_text":"Morgan picture copy","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/morgansstalking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Morgan-picture-copy-300x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6066,"url":"https:\/\/morgansstalking.com\/?p=6066","url_meta":{"origin":6242,"position":1},"title":"TODAY IS NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR MURDER VICTIMS","author":"Toni","date":"September 25, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 ALWAYS REMEMBER AND KEEP THEM IN YOUR HEART","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Morgan's Investigation&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Morgan's Investigation","link":"https:\/\/morgansstalking.com\/?cat=490"},"img":{"alt_text":"murder victims_thumb[2]","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/morgansstalking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/murder-victims_thumb2-300x107.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6351,"url":"https:\/\/morgansstalking.com\/?p=6351","url_meta":{"origin":6242,"position":2},"title":"Morgan and her horse TC&#8230;","author":"Toni Ingram","date":"November 23, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I will never forget Morgan's contagious giggles, and abundant love...and neither will her horse TC - 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