Yesterday was Bella's 9th birthday. She requested Baked Caramel French Toast for breakfast and she is in love with all things Pokemon, so I added some detailing to a Ryke's cake and it was one sugary, tasty day for all of us. =)I was secretly hoping her birthday wish would be for all the laundry to wash, dry and put itself away, but I guess that wasn't it as I still have two clean piles to put away as I type this. I hope she wished for good things to happen in life. We are all still so ready for things in life to turn down the stress levels a bit and to get back to a more "normal" state. It's been a wild, long year for all of us and there's still a ways to go too.
I always get especially nostalgic at Bella's birthday as she was born just 4 days prior to the first annivesary of Teagan's death and our family tragedy. It's still so hard to grasp all that went on in that one calendar year back from July '01-'02. I still can't begin to know how it is that a person can lose one child and gain another in less than a year's time, but I can tell you that Bella has added joy and personality and she is such a thoughtful girl too. Nobody could have ever filled Teagan's {sparkly!} shoes, but Bella sure filled our hearts back with a taste of happiness and hope that we hadn't had in a long time. I'm so glad God sent her into our lives 9 years ago. I only wished she could have met her big sister.
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Our Jordan was born a little over a year after we lost our first baby, Cody. He died at 5 days old from a heart defect. I didn't think it was possible to ever open my heart to another baby. But it was. Never in any way a replacement. I, too, wish our girls could have known their brother. I really wish we all could have know him longer. He will always be a newborn baby to me. He would be 25 years old now and I still think about him and wonder who he would have become.
Happy Birthday to Bella. Jody, you have a beautiful family!
My sweet 10 year old boy Connor, died suddenly on April 17, 2009. Our daughter is currently 15. We are expecting a baby this December. We know this baby will NEVER replace our boy, but we are so looking forward to having some happiness, joy, laughter (and noise) back in our home. From the day our baby is born, we will make sure he/she knows what a great big brother they have in heaven. Your words are truly an inspritation to me and I travel down this road of grief. Love, Hope & Prayers to you and your family. . . .
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