Thursday, January 26, 2006

Baby Ella

Please send a good thought out to Kelly, Todd, and big sister, Lydia, as they remember Ella, stillborn on January 26, 2004 (38 weeks, 4 days). She weighed 7lbs, 13ozs, and was 21 3/4 inches long. She is buried just down the cemetery aisle from our Alex.

On the day that we were trying to decide where to bury our sweet Alex, I stumbled on Ella's website and I knew. Through a twist of fate, I ended up on the same message board as Kelly, Ella's mom. We have since exchanged a few emails and hope to get together sometime when they move back to the area. It sounds weird, but on that awful day in May, I didn't feel so alone standing in that cemetery. And to this day, I always stop and say hi to Ella on my way to visit Alex. So I couldn't let this day pass without sending up a wish for peace for Ella and her family.

Happy Second Birthday sweet girl.

5 comments:

grumpyABDadjunct said...

It is lovely that you say hi to Ella at the cemetary, I'll bet her people really appreciate it. Mutual comfort.

Happy second birthday Ella.

MB said...

Happy Birthday baby girl.

msfitzita said...

Thinking of Ella and sending birthday wishes to heaven...

Ann Howell said...

Thinking of the family as they remember their Ella's special day.

kate said...

Happy Birthday sweet Ella...

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