Sawyer’s Story (part 14): Seeing Sawyer

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Sawyer’s Story (part 14): Seeing Sawyer

March 29, 2011 at 11:20 pm | Posted in Death, funeral, Grief, mourning | 3 Comments
Tags: child loss, death, Jake, Sawyer

All I wanted to do was see Sawyer again and hold him. Somehow I thought none of this would be true if I saw him. He would not really be dead if I held him and talked to him.

Me & Sawyer

Evan and I made calls to the funeral home and the cemetery. Both the people who helped us with Jake’s funeral arrangements were still there. We made appointments to plan another funeral. I just wanted to know when we could see Sawyer. His body had been taken to the medical examiner’s office. After the autopsy he would be brought to the funeral home.

We went to the funeral home. Evan and I sat in the same room we had been in 4 years earlier. We had the meeting about the casket, the service and all the other arrangements. It was not a long meeting. Just like with Jake there was no choice of casket. There is only one size casket for babies.

The meeting was over and Sawyer had not arrived. We were told that we would not be able to see him till the next day.

We thought of you with love today,
but that is nothing new.
We thought about you yesterday,
and the day before that, too.
We think of you in silence,
We often say your name,
But all we have is memories
and your picture in a frame.
Your memory is our keepsake,
with which we’ll never part.
God has you in his keeping,
We have you in our hearts.

We shed tears for what might have been,
a million times we’ve cried.
If love alone could have saved you,
you never would have died.
In life we loved you dearly,
in death we love you still,
In our hearts you hold a place
no one could ever fill.
It broke our hearts to lose you,
but you didn’t go alone,
For part of us went with you.
– Author Unknown

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Oh Lanie, I’m crying all over again for the pain and unfairness of it all.

Comment by Daphne— March 30, 2011 #

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Life is just not fair at times. You and Evan have been through too much.

Comment by eden— March 30, 2011 #

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My heart is aching for you. I am sure you have heard this before, but there are no words of condolence a person can say that makes a grieving mother feel any better.

We have such different stories, but our grief is all the same.

Comment by kidsakeeper— May 9, 2011 #

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A Mourning Mom