Funny Little Faces

Dearest Briana

It's hard to know what to write other than how sad I am and how much I miss you. So I decided to pick a picture we had taken of you and write what I remember from that moment in time. It seems looking at your pictures is what stirs up the most in depth thoughts and memories. I can look at one picture and that one picture can bring back a slew of events that happened around that moment in time.

The date I took these pictures was July 1, 2007. Just days before you went home. Knowing that alone fills my heart with aching sadness. You were being so silly with daddy, lounging on the couch, daddy visibly looking tired. You laid there with your dad, sharing sweet moments that would forever link your hearts. I remember that outfit you wore, it was the first time you had worn it and it was looking a bit big on you. You laid on daddy's tummy and began making the funniest little faces. It was just your mouth, you were moving it from side to side, obviously just beginning to realize you had a mouth there. I quickly grabbed the camera to catch these moments. These pictures just don't fully capture the true feeling of that moment, of how delighted you were of yourself learning to move your mouth and feel your lips....of how excited I was to see you do it...of how warm your daddy felt with you snuggled against his skin. They just don't suffice. Still, I am so glad I took these pictures. Just two weeks before you were gone....Now I wish I could of somehow cherished it more.

As Always, with love

Mommy