"Its better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all."
I used to smirk and make a snide comment about that very common quote, about how I wished I had never loved so I didn't have to feel the pain of loss.
Until today.
Today I understand fully what that quote really means.
My heart is broken and aching from a kind of love I never knew I would feel. This morning at 8:40 my beautiful baby girl, Rosemary, went to be with her Maker. She passed due to breathing/heart complications and is now resting in her Father's arms.
She was perfect, you know. One day our nurse, Martha, told me she looked like me "same face" she said, and we laughed as I replied "well she is my baby!"
I like to think that for the last 15 days of Rosemary's life, she wasn't an orphan. I like to think she had a Mamma who loved and cared for her as if they had never been apart. I did. I still do.
I guess her Maker couldn't stand not holding her in His arms any longer, so He took her home.
The Lord gives and He takes away. He gave me the most precious gift for 15 days, and I wouldn't trade those days for anything. I am so glad to have had the chance to LOVE Rosemary, to have lost her is painful, but I am so thankful to have known such a true love in my life.
Rosemary will live on, I will always tell her story, I will always remember her. When I have children of my own, they will know about her, because she was such a blessed part of my life.
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Please pray for me, my team, and the ayahs and nurses of this home as we mourn the loss of such a precious life.
