Her Seventh Birthday
I’ve been thinking about you a lot lately. Maybe because on September 28th, we would have been celebrating your seventh birthday. And had you not been taken from us, by now you would have learned to sit up, crawl, walk, talk, color, write your name, ride a bike, and be busy growing up. Such a beautiful little girl.
You would be in first grade this year.
But you missed all of that. And we missed all of that.
We all lost so much when we lost you. Words can’t begin to express the sorrow I feel. No words can express how much I wish I could pick you up, hug you, and tell you how much I love you. I wish we could have had a 7th birthday party and we all could have wished you a happy birthday and watched up open your birthday gifts and blow out the seven glowing candles on your birthday cake.
Sadly it was not meant to be. God had other plans for you, my little one.
Your little lifetime didn’t even last a single day. Your life was measured in hours and not in years. Yet the number of days your tiny life will affect all of those who love you is infinite. I know there will never be a day I won’t think of you. There won’t be a day when your mom and dad won’t think of you. There won’t be a day when any of us who met you during your short life will ever forget you.
It’s so hard to believe it has been seven years since you were born – and seven years since you were taken from us. And to know you were taken from us by a preventable disease makes it all the harder to bear and understand. And my little one, it makes it all so confusing and painful/.
I don’t wonder where you are now. I know where you are. You’re in heaven with the other angels. And, I’ll admit, I have been a doubter at times when it comes to whether heaven and hell exist. But I have no doubts anymore. Even mankind in all its ugliness, meanness, and ignorance would say you belong to Heaven and the angels.
I don’t have any doubts now. I know now that there is a heaven. And I know you are there. You are where beautiful baby girls who have had a lifetime taken away from them belong – you are in heaven with the angels…I know now that you are an angel too.
But that doesn’t mean I miss you any less.
I hope that you and your angel friends will look down upon us who love you and comfort all who grieve for you. I know you will bring peace and comfort to your mom and dad. They love you and miss you so much… so much more than any words I could write could ever say.
Somehow I feel that you know how much we miss you and love you. I know that you feel our sadness and our grief because you are with us – even now. Maybe we are missing out on a lot more than you are, but I cannot help but think about all the things that all of us who love you are missing because you were taken from us.
So on your Seventh birthday, I cried. I tried not to, but I did. I’m sorry. Thinking of the things we’ve missed – you learn to sit up, watching you learn how to crawl and then walk, watching you laugh, hearing your little giggles, hearing your first words, watching you take your first drink from a sippy cup, seeing you get on the school bus and so many more.
So many things we’ll never get to see.
And we’ll never get to see how your eyes lit up when you saw your very first Christmas tree. We’ll never get to hear you tell us all about your first day of Kindergarten. We’ll never hear you tell us about your first day in first grade. Or see you write your name for the first time. We’ll never get to watch you as you read your first book or watch you learn to ride a bike. Now, we can only imagine all of the things we’re going to miss as you were growing up.
We will never get to take turns holding your hand as we take you on your first trip to the zoo. Or see your eyes light up when you see an elephant for the first time.
We miss you so much. We’ll miss you and watching you grow and change from a beautiful baby, into a precious little girl. And from a sweet little girl into a beautiful young lady. We’ll miss the school events, the school plays, the school concerts, your first date, your high school graduation.
What you might have been we’ll never know because you were stolen from us too soon. We didn’t even get to keep you for one single day.
To know that your death could have been easily prevented only makes your passing harder to understand and so hard to bear.
If only…If only things would have turned out differently. If only you had lived. If only you were with us on your Seventh birthday. I so wish all of us who love you could have watched you blow out the candles on your birthday cake. And instead of us looking back in anguish with sad and aching hearts, all of us who love you would have been so happy watching you grow up.
I will never forget you. I will never forget those precious moments right after you were born when all of us who loved you took turns holding you in our arms and looking into those beautiful eyes that opened to the world for the first time.
I hope you and your angels look down upon all of us who love you and comfort all of us who miss you.
And my little one, we all love you and miss you more than any words could ever say.
I pray that you and the other angels comfort your mom and dad and bring them peace and solace. Your seventh birthday was not an easy day for them… or for any of us who know you and love you.
The gift of your birth is a gift those of us who love you will never forget.
I know you know how much we love you, how very much we miss you, and how we all keep you alive in our thoughts and prayers every single day.
We all remembered you on your seventh birthday. We miss you and love you so very much.
You are always with us. We will never forget you, little one.
No words can salve the wounds of your loss. The closest we can come to empathizing and feeling what you feel is by remembering a loss in our own family. My 80 yr old cousin just lost his wife, married 53 years. I cannot imagine how the man gets through any day. The nearer the loss the worse it feels and the loss of a child may be the worst as there was no opportunity if even having a little bit of life. Your ache and pain is something to which many of us older folks can relate and it is an emotional ravaging that time may diminish a little, but never eradicats.
My sympathies are with you.
I have lost a son and a daughter. There is no greater loss, no greater grief. We do as you do. We remember them and celebrate them every day. Peace comes with that and your grief becomes comforting, knowing they are still with us in our hearts and souls. I wish you peace.
I have lost a son and a daughter. There is no greater loss, no greater grief. We do as you do. We remember them and celebrate them every day. Peace comes with that and your grief becomes comforting, knowing they are still with us in our hearts and souls. I wish you peace.
I extend my deepest sympathy to you and your family regarding this little Angel. Thank you for sharing about her.
I have lost a grandson. Even though he was older when he left us the pain that comes is almost unbearable. So I know how hard it is for you. So sorry for your loss of your your darling little girl.
She is in a beautiful place and one day you will see her again. Thanks for sharing her with us.
My heartfelt sympathy for such a deep and ongoing loss. What a beautiful tribute to an utterly perfect little soul.
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I am so sorry that you and your family have had to go through this sadness. And the fact that it could have been prevented makes it even sadder. I wish you all peace. It sounds as though you are handling it the best you can and that’s all any of us can do. Your knowing you will see her once again some day is beautiful.
What a beautiful tribute to your precious granddaughter. Words can not express our deepest sympathies to you and your family. We too have lost a precious grandchild. He was 3 1/2 when he passed… he would have been 24 this year. We know he is in Heaven and we can’t wait to see him again. Oh, what a reunion that will be!