Our wonderful darling little angel, I am writing this tribute to you only so everyone will know what a special angel you are to us, because only your tired little body left us, as your sweet wonderful, loving , precious soul is still with us. The very second we watched you being born, we knew you were the precious angel we had hoped for to bring so much happiness and love into our home and lives. You immediately became “child # 3” although you made it quite clear early on you were always “child #1”. From the moment you came into our lives, Sarah and Chris always told everyone, “thats our little sister” “our bestest friend” and always remained that same way. You grew up knowing you were a child to us, and soon became “The Queen” of our home. Anything and everything you wanted, we all gladly gave to you, we took you bye bye , walked you , or shall I say your little self walked us, slurpee nights, ice cream times cuddled on the couch with daddy, laid with Chris for belly rub times, was in Sarah’s room to help her pick out what to wear on a date, and either approved or disapproved her dates with a “friendly hello”, or a “I don’t think so Growl”. Hanging out with mommy all day in the yard, or following me throughout the house,(my you must have logged a million miles on your little feet)running into the back of my leg , following mommy so close , afraid of losing sight of me at anytime. But most of all, you were always right there hugging or a soft lil kiss whenever someone was sad, or just because. Mommy always talked to you throughout the day and I always knew you were right there listening to me, as you still are today.We feel your presence very strong, the brush against our ankle or cheek, as you rush in to say ” LOOK YOU GUYS, IM STILL HERE”, AND WHISPERING TO OUR HEARTS, “ILL NEVER LEAVE YOU”.
In November of 2003, when many doctor’s told mommy and daddy you were ill, and they wanted to run test after test on you and do chemo treatments, we declined. We didnt want your last days to be spent that way. We wanted you to continue to be happy, playing, running around, going bye bye and flying to Chicago for the babies to be born to Sarah and Trinity, to be with Best Friend Brother Chris and keep loving mommy and daddy. The doctor gave you 2 weeks, I gave you months, because i knew how strong you were, and we won! Ten BEAUTIFUL , LOVING
months! In our eyes, the time was short as we wanted you forever, but we knew your body was tired, and the morning your body chose to go to rest, i laid with you in your favorite spot, snuggled you and told you how much we loved you and how special you are to us. I kissed you and told you to do what you need to do, to be happy and pain free, you looked at me with sweetness in your loving eyes, softly nudged my arm letting me know you understood, quietly blinked and fell asleep so peacefully snuggled next to me as you did each night at bedtime.
We miss your physical being here with us, but we always know you are with us with each brush against us, every little flutter of our heart when we feel you, and each time you kiss away a tear of sadness as we cry missing you, we will always hear you whisper “LOOK MOMMY, DADDY, SARAH, CHRIS,TRINITY,TAYLOR, HAILEE…IM STILL HERE!!!”
We know when it is our time and The Lord takes us home, you will be standing there waiting, with arms wide open, tail wagging, saying welcome home!
OUR DARLING BEAUTIFUL ANGEL, UNTIL WE HOLD YOU AGAIN IN OUR ARMS , WE CHERISH EVERY MOMENT YOU ARE HERE WITH US STILL…
Our little “BEAUTIMUS ANGEL”
p.s. mommy will always love her baby girl!