Happy belated 3rd Birthday, Emmy Angel!

We did celebrate Emmy's special day, Sunday, April 18th.  We had Anna Grace baptised up in Rhode Island just like we did with Kara and Emmy.  Jeff's family is up there.  At the luncheon, I said a few words and we played her slideshow that we played at her services in GA & IL.  We also had a cross cake (baptism looking) that had Happy 3rd Birthday Emmy Angel.  Kara was asking if we would still have a cake on her bday.  I think we will do this every year. :)

It was super sad to think that 3 years ago she was just born and had her whole life ahead of her.  Just like our lives changed significantly with her birth (and our other children's birth).  I would never had ever thought that 3 years from that day I would be without her on her third bday.  I cannot believe what has transpired in this short period of time.  Who would ever think.  It's all up to God and I am so grateful that I had a little piece of Heaven for that short amount of time.  I would live it all over again, even if I knew that it would end the same exact way.  My life is richer, more pronounced, and clearer having had her in my life.  I know that it will continue to get brighter because of her!  She was an angel on this earth and will never be forgotten.

A friend sent me this today and I just had to post this, Garth Brooks - The Dance:

Looking back on the memory of
The dance we shared beneath the stars above
For a moment all the world was right
How could I have known you'd ever say goodbye
And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain
But I'd of had to miss the dance