The Sweetest Gift

Good morning. Today I feel like I really need to share about the sweetest, most heartfelt gift we received...not that all the gifts, sympathies, flowers, and presence of others were not greatly appreciated and needed-they were, but this was so precious to Cory and I as parents. As a mom or a dad you want to parent-you want to parent your children and your children that are no longer with you.

My sister Sherri (with godparent Bill's help) took care of our angel baby boy Beckett in those final moments before they put him in his coffin-I will call it a basket from now on. Who could do that? Only people that love us so deeply they could put pain, fears, and everything aside to reassure us that he was put to his final rest in the most beautiful way. They will never, ever know what a gift that was. They will never know how deeply thankful we are for them to do something of that gravity.

She dressed him as I would of for his home coming. I had the sweetest outfit picked out for months. We went out the night before and bought him a cross necklace, a beautiful fluffy blankie, warm socks, and a knitted pumpkin hat. I bought the hat the Wednesday before this tragedy happened and could not wait to see it on our baby. I knew the baby would be called pumpkin a lot. Sherri and Bill went to the funeral home
to dress him and make sure he was perfect and warm.

All of the cousins, grandparents, Cory and I, Holden and Grace, aunts and uncles...wrote letters or made something to go with Beckett. Lots of love and heartfelt words were buried with him that day. He wore a bracelet Holden made for him. They read Beckett all the letters and shared with him what everyone made. They read him a story and kissed his hands just like in the book The Kissing Hand. They tucked the letters by his heart.

Now tell me that those two people are not the greatest givers?! That is a gift I will cherish the rest of my life. I want everyone to know what wonderful family we have and are so fortunate to have in our lives. That gift will be remembered everyday of my life.