Saturday, December 15, 2007

A Beautiful Day

Olive’s celebration was perfect. It was a day of heavy tears, yet relentless hope, arduous questions, yet insistent worship, Olive-shaped holes, yet extraordinary testimonoes of changed lives. Colby and I were overwhelmed by all the people, many who traveled from out of state, to celebrate our girl’s brief, but momentous life. The words spoken were beautiful and the songs sung were healing and full of worship.

Here are links to the slideshows that were shown today:

Olive’s Slideshow by Adobe Vision
Olive’s slideshow by Deb Wat or try this link

In closing, a letter to my girl:

My dear Olive,
How I’ve always dreamt of having my own little girl,
How I would have taught you so many things…

My dear Olive,
When life’s disappointments seem to contradict the goodness of God,
I would have taught you about FAITH.

My dear Olive,
When you would have to let go of someone you held close to your heart,
I would have taught you about HOPE.

My dear Olive,
When your soul would ache with a willingness to sacrifice everything you have,
I would have taught you about LOVE.

My dear Olive,
All these things I would have taught you, if only we were given more time.
All of these things I would have taught you, but instead you have taught me.

Until it is here, I will be dreaming of the day
when I will hold you in my arms again.

I love you,
Mommy

All in all, it was a beautiful day.

Posted by mrandmrswaltenburg at 22:37:02
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