This past week has been life changing. I'm not sure what to say about it yet except that I have witnessed a child pass on. Too young, only four months old.
My work with Nathan's unit has allowed him the rare priviledge of being sent home temporarily during his deployment.
Tonight we are sitting with the parents at their home writing all of our thank you notes together. It is painful at times and joyous at others as we remember sweet baby Garreth, the happiest soul I've ever known.
Poor Nate is still on Afghan time and has crashed out early on the couch. The cat quickly jumped up and settled in on his lap.
Nate has 30 days of leave time here at home. His presence has been a comfort to me as I deal with the guilt, the images, and grieve the memories of a child I spent many wonderful days with. All of our adventures together have made a big impact on me. Garreth helped me learn to be a mother. He endured so much as I fumbled through learning how to read his queue's, I called him "my little learning curve" and he smiled and cooed through it all.
Sweet baby Garreth.
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3 comments:
I can understand if you don't want to talk about it but what happened? It is so sad when they are so little! Sending you a BIG HUG!
Love you so much.
Katy, I am so sorry for your lost. I am glad that Nathan was able to come home and be with you during this tough time. I will be praying for you and the baby's parents.
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