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Due Date January 26, 2001
'Brooke Elizabeth Hope' or 'Ryne Patrick Anthony'




To Have And To Love


To Have A Child Is A Blessing Bestowed
A Selfless Act, Both Sacred And Bold

To Love A Child More Munificently Than One's Self
Is The Ultimate Test That Entrusts Great Wealth
Tenderness And Love As Seen Through Their Eyes
So Strong And Exuberant, Not Even Darkness Can Disguise

To Have A Child Is To Truly Love, To Truly Live
A Legacy Of Love, The World, The Heavens, A Life To Give

To Love A Child Is God's Greatest Endowment
Priceless And Unbridled, All The Passion That Is Felt
Precious Life So Sacred, So Cherished, So Mild
Forever Remains Portrayed Upon The Face Of A Child

~ (c) 1999 Jaime Thomas All Rights Reserved ~




July 11, 2000 ~ 11 weeks, 5 days

It is August 2000 and here we are awaiting your arrival little one. I am so worried for you, are you okay in there? I am starting to feel you flutter like butterfly wings gently within. I talk to you in my head and I talk to you out loud...Joey rubs mommys tummy and he and daddy give you kisses, do you feel our love for you?

September 1st is a really big day for us, it is the day we will look at your heart and I pray the doctor tells us you have a strong healthy heart, and it will be here sustaining you for a hundred years. I love you baby Hopekins...grow my baby...grow...


A Different Child

A different child,
People notice there's a special glow around you.
You grow surrounded by love
Never doubting you are wanted;
Only look at the pride and joy
In your mother and father's eyes.
And if sometimes between the smiles
There's a trace of tears,
One day you'll understand.
You'll understand
There was once another child.
A different child
Who was in their hopes and dreams.
That child will never outgrow the baby clothes
That child will never keep them up at night
In fact, that child will never be any trouble at all.
Except sometimes, in a silent moment,
When mother and father miss so much
That different child.
May hope and love wrap you warmly
And may you learn the lesson forever
How infinitely fragile is this life on earth.
One day, as a young man or woman
You will see another mother's tears
Another father's silent grief.
Then you, and you alone will understand
And offer the greatest comfort.
When all hope seems lost,
You will tell them with great compassion,
"I know how you feel. I'm only here
Because my parents tried again."

~ author unknown ~


~ September 1, 2000 ~






           


           


           


           


           
           






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