Today is my youngest daughter’s 16th birthday. Sadly there will be no pretty dress or no themed party. She is celebrating her 16th birthday in heaven. It’s hard to believe that 16 years have passed. Her time on earth was too short.
Today Shawn, my other two children and I gathered at the cemetery.
16 pink balloons were released into a cloudy sky. We watched as the balloon drifted towards heaven until they were slowly out of sight.
Some of the balloons had laminated cards attached to the ribbon with a message to Katie and my email address where if by chance someone found the card they could email me.
The weather today was fairly miserable, therefore the balloon release didn’t quite go as I had hoped. When we released the balloons it started to rain quite hard. So there I was balloons fading in the sky, tears streaming down my face, standing in the rain thinking how much I missed her.
16 years ago today I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl.
16 years later, I gather at her grave with 16 pink balloons.
May they soar to Heaven.
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Wrote: Jun 17, 2008 at 8:17 pm
A nice tribute.
Wrote: Jun 18, 2008 at 1:06 am
I’m so sorry Rose {hugs} Releasing of the pink balloons was a beautiful tribute.
Wrote: Jun 19, 2008 at 6:34 pm
Think of the rain as tears from heaven to match your tears.
Wrote: Jun 19, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Oh Rose, I am so sorry to learn about this story. What happened to your daughter?
Your clouds there looked like our clouds here today.
Wrote: Jun 20, 2008 at 7:30 pm
My dad died in 2000 of prostate cancer, and it still, well, sucks, but at least I had over 4.5 decades with him.
My condolences to you.
PS – Attempted unsuccessfully to repost yesterday.
Wrote: Jun 21, 2008 at 5:23 pm
So sorry to hear about your daughter. I can’t imagine how you all must feel.
The balloons were a wonderful idea. Keep smiling and you still have your memories.
Wrote: Jun 21, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Thanks for sharing with us Rose, beautiful tribute, love the balloon idea.
Wrote: Jun 22, 2008 at 2:17 am
Oh Rose… I dont know what to say…Your post just washed me in my tears. A lovely tribute to her. It must feel very bad…I silently remember my unborn baby every time I look into my other kids eyes…I had to go do a D&C for my first baby long back…I dont remind my husband or anyone about it..but the pain of loosing the baby is so immense. Its really an indescribable feeling.You are the first one I am sharing this to. Some where a voice inside me tells me that my baby is safe in lord’s hand’s. Hug u tight Rose.
Wrote: Jun 25, 2008 at 11:52 pm
I think rain can be tears from heaven but they can be tears of joy too; it’s one of the ways through which our loved ones can touch us.
Next year will be a golden birthday, when one turns the age of their birthday so seventeen balloons for a seventeenth birthday on the seventeenth of June. What a beautiful celebration of an angel’s time on earth, however short her visit.