Bree's Tree: Smile Down from Above

This is Bree's tree that we did for the Festival of Trees, a benefit for Primary Children's Medical Center where she spent part of her life.
It is purple and "glammed out" like our little princess Bree-Elle. We miss her so much.
She would most likely have been our drama queen. She had the funniest personality. Of course, now we will never know what she would be like now...
Her tree is named "Smile Down from Above" and we hope that each day she sees us and smiles down and is proud of us.
The tree was purchased by Nu Packaging and we appreciate them buying her tree.
WE LOVE YOU BumbleBree!

Time with those one loves, is life's greatest gift.

Dear Heaven,
I just stumbled upon a wonderful quote:
"Time with those one loves, is life's greatest gift."
That is why my heart is broken and why life is so tragic and heartbreaking and lonely and wrong. I am missing out on life's greatest gift, the time to be with you. And it is soooo dark and desperate to know that I will never have that gift the rest of my life.
I will never see your face, hold you in my arms, talk with you, and do the nothingness of just being with you.
I am thankful for the little time we had because that was a precious gift of my lifetime. But to know I will never have that gift again is just so powerfully painful and raw and cruel.

In Loving Memory Christmas Ornaments

Every year, they do a memorial Christmas tree at the funeral home and at the support group. I always struggle with what to do for the girls' ornaments. This year, I decided to do paper ornaments like the ones above. I put their faces on wings and cut them out. Then I glued with glue dots ribbon on to the back as a hook and adhered another paper with the words "In Loving Memory etc." onto the back. They turned out way cute and different then the usual ornament.

I digital scrapped their faces onto the wings.

My Angel Son

I have two angels in heaven - my girls Bree-Elle and Chloee who have died. But I also have an angel son that is here with me. He keeps me going and he is the light of my life. He is an angel too. He makes the sun shine down. Everyday he saves my life.
I love this scrapbook page of him.
Credit: Jofia Devoe

Saying Goodbye Book Review

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Saying Goodbye
By Jim and Joan Boulden
This is a children’s workbook/coloring book. It is a National Hospice Organization award winner. It talks about the natural cycle of life and death, common feelings for children after someone dies, what children can do that might help them grieve, and that love and memories are forever. Children can draw their loved one, what death is, what life is, and their memories. There is a place to write a goodbye letter at the back of the book. It’s a pretty good book. I personally didn’t choose this one for my son because I didn’t like how it doesn’t tell about what happens to the dead person – it only talks about the dead body. They probably left that part open so you could talk with the child about those questions they might have and specifically say what you believe which is nice because it leaves it open to many different beliefs.