From Chelsea

we lost my sister, tina, on thursday. my world is a lot darker and my heart is broken.

our tina was magnetic. she radiated love and light through every part of her. she spent every single day making sure you felt loved and truly lived life to the fullest. she always played that big sister/motherly role for me by showing me the world. she was patient, kind and loving. she was courageous and brave. she was funny, she was witty, she was silly. she was the best aunt and mother – my heart aches for all our babies she left behind.

 

tina was my best friend. she always checked in on me and helped turn my day around if it was bad. she was always aware when she shared hard news about how it would effect us, and was sure to make sure we were okay. she always put everyone’s feelings before her own. she was everything and more. we never fought, we never argued, we always had so much love for each other.

 

i learned everything from her. i learned how not to push my parents buttons, how to give myself grace and to live each day for me. she taught me how to make better choices, how to dance my ass off. she took me to four taylor swift tours and always made sure to get the closest seats so we’d have the best time. she made me an aunt and gave me our beautiful elle. tina made me brave, she made me strong, she always reminded me that we don’t know when it will be our last day. when i was in a really bad place, tina told me to make sure to do something for me every single day. i’ve never forgotten that conversation and i’ll remember to do that for the rest of my days.

she was our beautiful, loving, bundle of energy and life girl. even during her hardest days, she was dancing, crackin jokes and calling the shots on her treatment. wherever you are tina, i hope you’re running through fields of flowers. i hope your hugging grandpa price. i hope you’re swimming as far as you can. i hope you’re eating all the food you want without being afraid of choking. i hope you’re laying wherever you can without worrying about your back pain. i hope you’re swimming with the sea turtles in turks. i hope you know how much you were loved and how much we will miss you. i hope you know that we will all be okay and we will love on your daughter like she is our own.

life will never be the same.