Finally With Your Baby

Today in 2000 a very special woman was taken to the Lord. On this day every year John and I would make ice cream sundaes and celebrate your life. John would share all his favorite memories and I would dream of what our relationship would be like. I would think about if you would have liked my wedding dress. I would wonder if you would like me. I would wonder the kind of meals you would teach me to cook. I would wonder all sorts of things. On this day I would watch John for once become very introverted. I know today this year is very different. This year you are spending today with your baby and he is with his mom. Today you are in his arms instead of only in his heart. Today he is home. As broken as I am it makes the hurt easier to bear knowing that he is with you. There is no one in this world that I would rather have my baby be with than the woman who created him. I know there is no one that could ever take care of him better than you, myself included. As my tears fall I know that John no longer has to have his fall over how much he misses you. I know he is right where he belongs and with a woman who loves him equally as much as I do. Please hold my baby close and know that I am so happy you are back together. I am absolutely crushed that he is not with me, but I know one day we will all be able to meet and we will spend eternity together. Until that day, I will continue to celebrate your life today. I will recall all the memories John shared with me about you and the amazing woman that you are. I will send thanks to you for blessing me with the most incredible gift anyone could ever receive and that is true love. It is a love that I know John learned from you and his dad. It is a love that some search their whole lives for and I was blessed enough to find it at 15 just like you and his dad did. Thank you Evelyn from the bottom of my heart. Enjoy today with your baby. Hold him close, kiss him, and smile. He is home. 15 years you have been away from your baby and now you can spend eternity together.