Stephanie and Alexandria
I didn’t sleep much while Alexandria was here, but I vividly remember everything about her. Her eyes, nose, wonderfully floppy little ears… Kim’s favorite was when she would get “wrinkly forehead”. When she’d stretch or look around her forehead would wrinkle, it was very cute (my favorite picture on the first page shows this). The faces and names of everyone who came by and brought food, prayers, gifts, helped us at church, held us up, however… much of that is a blur. I feel guilty at times about that, I am so hopeful that I conveyed the gratitude and thanks to everyone as I saw them.
You can never know how much what each of you did meant to us. Kim and I were given a gift that can never be repaid. We would never have had the time we did with Alexandria if it hadn’t been for all of the help, the meals, the advice from Kim’s doctor, our friends, our family, and many people who reached out and helped without knowing us well. Once, Kim and I went to an Advent service and all of a sudden she disappeared. I couldn’t find her anywhere. The ladies at her bible study pulled her into room and prayed over her and Alexandria, showered her with gifts and food. It happened right when it needed too. We were so exhausted that night, we almost didn’t even go to church… but something whispered into Kim’s soul and pushed us out the door. We so needed that. Visits to Kim’s OB were much the same way… her doctor seemed to know what to say, how to comfort when we needed it, not only of Kimberly but of me as well. The people that openly embraced me when I just couldn’t hold it together anymore…. So many people… how to ever let them know how much they meant?
Gabriel and Alexandria
God revealed himself through so many of you in her short life. Thank you to all of you. Those we saw and those we did not see. For all of the people who prayed for us throughout the world, who walked this journey with us.
Aden giving Alexandria a kiss...
She left us 2 months ago. Thank you for helping make her 50 days so special, so perfect, so filled with love, care, and joy. You all made a difference.
Alexandria at her 1 Month Birthday
In Christ,
Douglas
