for our girls

Dear Abigail and Emily,

Although your due date was July 23, Dr. King said she would not let you two go past 38 weeks.  38 weeks is today, July 9.  Daddy thinks you would have shown up on 4th of July, while I think you would have shown up around June 21.  Instead you showed up 18 weeks too soon.

You two left a gaping hole in our lives, but you also left such immense love.  You were loved the first time we saw the double lines.  You were loved even more the ultrasound when Dr. King said she may have seen two of you.  And even more during the sonogram when it was confirmed, there were two of you.  With each week you grew, we heard your hearts racing, we kept positive when they told us Abby had such low fluid.  I felt you move and talked to you two to fall asleep every night.  You were so loved.  We never imagined we would lose you both.  It hit us like a ton of bricks.  You were both so tiny, you did not scream, you breathed and let go.  We got to hold you and give you kisses and tell you how loved you were.

You were loved not only by your mamma and daddy, but by your grandparents, your aunts and uncles, you great grandma, your cousins, your great aunts and great uncles, all of our friends and many, many others.  Your short lives touched so many people.

I will carry you with me until my dying day.  Everything I do is for you two and your memory.  You will live on in us, in your future siblings, and especially in the love your daddy and I have for each other because you two were born from that love.

We love you more than anything and think of you always.

Your Mama and Daddy