A few months after Kristin’s passing, Haley wrote the following poem entitled “Just Because…” and later shared it with me. She gave me permission to post it. I bet some of Kristin’s friends wrote poems too. If you would like to share a poem but don’t want your name attached to it, perhaps you can e-mail it to webmaster@kksmith.net or get it to Taryn with instruction to post it anonymously.
Just because I am quiet once in a while
doesn’t mean I am mad
doesn’t mean I am always that way
it means I need time to myself
Just because I have nice things
doesn’t mean I am spoiled
doesn’t mean I am rich
it means I live a comfortable life
Just because I get moody
doesn’t mean I am a $!^@*
doesn’t mean I am PMSing
it means something more is bothering me
Just because you haven’t seen me cry
doesn’t mean I don’t hurt
doesn’t mean I have forgotten or don’t miss her
it means I have cried alone
KKSmith.net 
Thanks (Original poster: Rich Wiersma)Thanks Haley (we really must quit meeting on the internet), and thanks Shelly.