Dearest Calvin, It will be ten years on July 16th since you slipped away from us. I will always remember kissing your sweet, soft head, and telling you I would always love and miss you. Leaving the hospital with an envelope of papers, unstead of a baby, was an undescribable event. The grief never fades, yet it is different. It's always there, but it's quieter now, until something or someone reminds me of you, then my face is instantly covered with white hot tears. I find that I cannot attend friends' Little League games, as it is too painful to realize I will never be the parent of a laughing, running, sweaty little boy. Your sister did a project on her family for school. In it, she said she has one sister, and "my brother in Heaven." Reading her expression of love and remembrance - considering she never met or held you - speaks volumes about the Divine spiritual nature of unconditional Love that we all carry within us. Memory Eternal, son ! Your mother and father.

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