To some baby girls who changed my life. . .
You now "know" Jill her new son Max and her 2 little girls Sophia and Julia. Her family has come together so beautifully and she is a great mom.
The way I met Jill is quite interesting and nothing I would have ever predicted. My son Dylan was born March 3 2002 and died March 8 2002. It was a very sad time of course and we got many sympathy cards. One day I got this card and a letter, it was from Jill who I did not know at the time.
In the card she told me of her loss. Only a month before she was pregnant with twin girls. On February 3, Emma and Olivia were born too early and died. Jill had seen Dylan's obituary in the newspaper and sent me a card.
My family was incredible through all of this but it was great to meet someone who was in the same situation as we were.
To Emma and Olivia: I never got the chance to know you or see your beauty but thank you. You introduced me to your parents Bob and Jill. You were they very first children and you left very big shoes to fill for your sisters and brother, even though you were so tiny.
Knowing Bob and Jill helped me so much. We went to SHARE support group where we met Kevin and Karen who lost their baby Lydia. We were thrown together in grief and shared a very close bond. We were able to cry and joke together in a way that I would never want anyone else to understand.
Over the years, the sadness has turn to great joy. Bob and Jill with their beautiful family, Kevin and Karen have Peter and our Olivia and Ava.
We would never have guessed that in the process of losing these beautiful babies, we gained lifetime friendships!
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It isn't scripture, but true nevertheless. God works in mysterious ways, His wonders to perform. You are certainly a wonder to me. You are one of my heroes. I can't imagine how you have made it through all you have gone through. I am sure I couldn't have. But you give me courage each and every day.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad that you have that type of support and friendship. I can only imagine what you went through. ((hugs))
ReplyDeleteThanks for thinking of the girls. It's hard to imagine that they would be 6 already. In some sense, it seems like yesterday and yet then it doesn't. I do think that God drew me to write to you. He knew how much we had in common and how much we would need each other over the years. We have gone from loss to seeing the blessing of each addition to our families. I always look forward to talking to my BFF :) Love ya girl, jill
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