REMEMBERING MY SON JACOB, I MISSED MY SON DEARLY.
JACOB DAVID YOUNG
BORN MARCH 14, 2004, 6:48 a.m.
DIED MARCH 30, 2004 4:30 PM ON TUESDAY!
HE WEIGH 1 POUND AND 3 OZ
11 1/2 INCHES IN HEIGHT,
I MISSED HIM DEARLY, MY HEART IS BROKEN, HE WAS A PREMATURE AT BIRTH, AT 22 WEEKS GESTATION, HE LIVED 17 DAYS.
I NEVER GOT TO HOLD MY BABY IN MY ARMS WHEN HE WAS ALIVE, ONLY AT HIS DEATH!
JUST RECENTLY, ON MY BIRTHDAY, I HAD A MISCARRIAGE, EVEN AFTER A PARTIAL HYSTERMONY, I STILL WAS ABLE GET PREGNANT AND HAVE A TUBAL PREGNANCY. NOW MY HEART IS MORE BROKEN, PLEASE REMEMBER ME IN YOUR PRAYERS, AND REMEMBER ALL THE MOTHER'S AND FATHER'S AND GRANDPARENTS' AND EVEN THE SIBLINGS AS THEY GO THRU THE NATIONAL HOLIDAY, OF INFANT LOSS DAY, AND EVEN AS THEY ENCOUNTERD THE DEATH OF A MISCARRIAGE, ABORTION, AND A BABY AT BIRTH, HEARTS ARE BROKEN, DREAMS ARE SHATTERED, AND MY SOUL IS ACHING FOR A BABY TO HOLD IN MY ARMS.
I NEVER GOT TO HEAR MY BABY CRIED, AND YET I DO KNOW HIS SCENT OF HIS SMELL! SOMETIMES, BY A MIRACLE, WHEN I AM GRIEVING SO DEEPLY, I SMELL THE SCENT OF MY BELOVED JACOB IN THE AIR, AS A GIFT TO REMEMBER HIM!!