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.
so….the thumb isn’t broken, just badly sprained. my wrist is also sprained. i have to wear a half cast thing for a few weeks. see?
so two things. first off, i’m gonna forgo caps for a bit. is hard enough to type one handed much less type right. luckily my post for tomorrow is already written. please forgive me….i can’t help it. please excuse me from it in comments, twitter and FB for a bit.
second, i’d like to do a little contest. see, i need a good story. i have no idea what i did to my thumb and i’d like a great story to tell. thought i’d make it a contest. best story…as judged by me, jenna and Liz, wins a $25 gift card from starbucks, jamba juice or itunes…your choice. liz gets to help cause she is convinced i did it by texting her 385 times a day….which is possibly right, but not fun to tell. and jenna cause it was her idea. also its not fair to let your best friends enter contests. or in my mind at least.
give it your best shot. contest is now open. closes on friday. winner announced on monday.
1. I’ve screwed up my left thumb. Not sure how, but it’s swollen and just plain messed up. People need two thumbs. We have two thumbs for a reason. Having use of only one sucks.
2. Bailey has walking pneumonia. Again. Three times a day on the nebulizer, steroids and antibiotics for the next ten days. Wheeeee. Have I mentioned that she hadn’t been at school since Tuesday two weeks ago, because of snow, in-service days and Spring break? It’s not like I can send her today. Maybe by Wednesday. Hopefully. Kindergarten is optional right? Sheesh.
3. This weekend was my first holiday alone. My kids came back late last night. I have only seen the sicky, as the other two were dropped off by their dad to school/daycare this morning. Holiday’s alone blow. There is a lot more I could say, but that is the gist of it.
4. I made it through my first holiday alone. barely, but I did. I didn’t even spend all day in bed, although I truly wanted too. However, it’s more about the loss of what holidays used to be, than me really caring about Easter.That
5. Due to loss of thumb, sick kid, a full week of work and me somehow not having found my writing mojo yet, posting may be light this next week or two. I’m doing the best I can. It just doesn’t seem to be enough these days.
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