I remember

Every time I see a little toddler with big beautiful blue eyes and blond curls, I remember you.

Each time your mommy and daddy post about you…words, pictures, songs, videos, I remember you through them. Each day, I am thankful to them for sharing you and your sister with us.

I look for purple flowers in the super market. When I can find them, I buy them. If there aren’t any, I buy bright yellow ones. They always remind me of you.

There is a huge sign, for March of Dimes that I’ve passed almost every day for six weeks. I see that little boy on the sign and I imagine your beautiful face on it instead. Each time, I think of you.

Your beautiful baby sister, although so different and so amazing in her own way, reminds me of you.

When someone says, I’ll never understand the draw of Twitter, I think of how our community came together to try and support your parents and grandparents and I remember you.

I will always remember the day that the Internet stopped, for you. For your mom and dad, for their amazing Maddie moo.

We never met. It doesn’t matter though. I’ll still never forget.

Hugs baby girl, wherever you are.

Madeline Alice Spohr. November 11, 2007 – April 7, 2009. Remembered today, remembered tomorrow. Never forgotten.