Living like Mollie

Mollie’s family is moving into the future having grown stronger from the last year of grief and remembrance.

Kim will keep handing out the Kindness Cards to those who need it, she said.

Morgan, who starts student-teaching in December, said she will strive to instill the values Mollie embodied into the children she guides.

“Just in my little part I play in this whole grand scheme of things is just carrying on her legacy by talking about her and sharing the kind of person she was,” she said.

Laura has contemplated the future often lately, she said. With the second memorial run approaching and donations still coming to the memorial fund, things don’t seem to be slowing down.

Now with her sons in college, Laura also has to think about being an empty-nester. She is still working to balance her life, and while she will always miss Mollie, she has things that make her happy.

She said she will continue working with the Children’s Hospital to provide kids with the mental health care they need, because it meant so much to Mollie.

Despite the outpouring of support and efforts to honor Mollie, Laura said she thinks people don’t really know what she means to them yet.

Mollie’s legacy is still changing, and Laura said if there’s one thing Mollie could do right now, she would want to let everyone know how much she appreciates all the love people have shared for her and her family.

“[Mollie] lived life to its fullest,” she said. “… She would want to acknowledge the fact that… she appreciates that outpouring of love.”