With Thanks

Thank you.

It's really all we can say to everyone who has been praying for us during the past month. We are doing much better, and are moving forward. Not in a sense that we are forgetting, just learning how to cope. It is much better now that the holidays are over. I just wanted to make sure that you all know that I appreciate all the cards, prayers, visits, goodies and hugs from all! We couldn't have made it without you!!

Just those few weeks

I wanted to share a poem that I recieved from a church member that blessed me in this time of grief.

JUST THOSE FEW WEEKS

By Susan Erling

For those few weeks-

I had you to myself.

And that seems too short a time

to be changed to profoundly

In those few weeks-

I came to know you...

and to love you.

You came to trust me with your life.

Oh what a life I had planned for you!

Just those few weeks-

When I lost you,

I lost a lifetime of hopes,

plans, dreams, and aspirations.

A slice of my future simply vanished overnight.

Just those few weeks-

It wasn't enough time to convince others

how special and important you were.

How odd, a truly unique person has recently died

and no one is mourning the passing.

Just a mere few weeks-

And no "normal" person would cry all night

over a tiny fragile baby,

or get depressed and withdrawn day after endless day.

No one would, so why am I?

You were just those few weeks, my Little One.

You darted in and out of my life too quickly.

But it seems that's all the time you needed

to make my life so much richer and

give me a small glimpse of eternity.

We love you Baby VandenBerg, and we can't wait to meet you someday.

Love,

Daddy, Mommy and Big Brother Charlie.