If you look closely at our family tree, you will see a small white heart on the imprint of my hands. Sometimes people have asked about it. It is a tribute to our unborn baby, which we lost to a miscarriage in July of 2001. To any family that has suffered this kind of a devestating loss let me say how very sorry I am for you. The pain is very personal, very deep and very real. There are no words that fully describe this experience, but the following is what I wrote down shortly after we lost what would have been our third child. The grief left an imprint on our hearts and on our family forever. 

 

             ...they will hold you

                           ...they will name you

But, part of me will always love you as if I had...