I am posting this in response to Danielle's post about what reminds us about our babies. Please visit Danielle's blog to partake in this post and/ or read other mamas' stories.
I have a lot of little reminders that follow me everywhere I go. There are times that it hurts like CRAZY and there are times that it brings me pure joy, because I have the privilege of being a mother. I will always be a mother, even if I never have another child. It does something for me that I can say that I have a daughter. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing I would like more than to just hold her again, but it was an honor to get to be by her side those 13 days and know that she knew me as her mother.
The biggest reminder for me are birds. Flying birds, sitting birds, cartoon birds...
When my husband told me years ago that he wanted to name our first girl Jenna, I liked the name, but I was not crazy about it. His little cousin is named Jenna and he just fell in love with the name. I agreed to it since it meant so much to him and I hadn't thought too much about baby names at all.
When we found out the baby I was carrying was a girl, there was no debate. We named her Jenna and scoured to the end of the earth for the perfect middle name. I would later find out that Jenna means "small bird".
How incredibly perfect for our 1 lb, 1 oz miracle of pure joy.
Ponies also remind me of my angel. Her grandfather promised her a pony when she turned five while she in the NICU. He really meant it too. He would have spoiled her rotten. =)
Thank you for reading about my Jenna
5 comments:
Very sweet! xx
Oh how sweet. Thank you so much for sharing your story. You were actually the person who inspired me first, to do this post. You have been such a blessing to me and I just wanted to thank you.
how precious ... little bird ... I love it.
That's really neat how birds remind you of Jenna. I bet you get to think of her a lot! There's no shortage of birds!! :)
That little birdie is so cute. I always think of Jenna when I see birds now.
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