Ellie Holcomb Instagram – Our hearts are broken. Our precious and brave cousin , Bailey, took her last breath and fought her last battle this week, and while she’s healed and whole and free of all the pain and cancer now, we’ll miss her every single day. Bailey was a legend . She loved big and laughed loud and made us all feel like we were on top of the world . She spoke life into me often , deeply encouraging me to keep singing , reminding me how she loved my songs and my voice and Drew’s too. She was 9 y’all, and she had a deep well of a heart . She loved her family and friends most , and even as she faced a mighty battle with cancer , she carried herself with courage and humor and gratitude and love . I watched her incredible family and community carry her too, and I’ll never be the same. It was stunning how many people showed up to love this girl . It was stunning how her mom @ccrews33 and dad @bueller33 and sister carried her . They fought fierce and loved deep and wide until her very last moments on this earth. Me and Drew got to see @stephen.wilson.jr play last Friday night , the night before Bailey passed, and I wept like a baby to this song . “Grief is only love that’s got no place to go. Grief is only love.” Man, we are grieving , and we will be until the day we get to wrap our arms around our warrior girl again, but my goodness , if grief is only love , then Bailey is the source of a titanic amount of love. We love you Bailey. You are a legend , and we long for the day when we’ll see you again. The day we heard the news, we took a winter walk and found a “Bailey tree”, one that we could come and visit every year on the anniversary of her home-going or just on the days we really miss her. It didn’t take us long. We found one . The kids said, “There it is !!! It’s huge ! Just like Bailey’s heart.” Thankful for trees and tears and for the reminder that grief is only love today.