Katrina

LaChassidy and Katrina have been by my side since as far back as I care to remember. The day my biological father and I reconciled our differences, that moment he closed his piano and smoothly stopped singing, he stood up and grabbed a photo of his family. He smoothly churned: ‘This is LaChassidy and Katrina, your sisters’.

I took the framed photo out of his hands and my sisters stole my heart. Those chubby cheeks and radiant smiles. I love all my siblings the same, just different. You see, I am writing about these two LaChassidy and Katrina. They operated like identical twins.

Then that first day we met: those two radiated love and innocence. They were that part of me that I wished I could have kept. They bounced and grabbed and peppered me with questions and love. I smiled back, loved back, you see it was like they were playing with a retarded child because I never have known that type of love at that point. Yeah, in my household Tamika, TJ, Chaka and I virtually never heard those words and hardly shared those words with one another. As they say it, it was understood. 

This blog is about  a very hurtful situation. You see on October 17^th, 2021 I got called out, mysteriously out of the blue. I was thinking for a visit only to be escorted to the Head Warden’s office. First shocker. My nerves were on pins and needles. Then those words came and after Katrina’s name was announced I was informed about her death. I did not hear any other words. My tears flowed uncontrollably right along with my outburst.

Her husband Terrence, sons T2, TJ, Jr, her daughter Destiny, her mother, LaChassidy, we all lost her. We lost our 40 year old Queen to Covid 19. 

I can’t be there for my family in our time of loss. Rest assured my love is with my baby 4ever. My love will radiate to her babies the way family is supposed to. 

Trina, I will always love and adore you. I will always carry you with me as long as I live. 

Derrick L. Griffin, 26-10-2021