Jill Christine
September 13, 1974 - March 18,1976
My baby sister would have been 33 today. The grief has lessened over the years. For the better part of my childhood I was almost obsessed with Jill and how and why she died. She died after an attempt to repair her heart defect. Even though the repair was technically successful Jill's heart was just too weak.
Now that I have a bunch of girls who are sisters I wonder what it would have been like to grow up with her. Would we have been as close as Grace and Emma? Would we have had things in common or been two very different people?
God sent us Jill for such a short time but what a blessing she was. She will be missed until the end of my days. It is a comfort to me and to the children to have a little saint in Heaven praying for them and watching over us all. And should I make it to Heaven, seeing her again for the first time.........
2 comments:
My thoughts are with you and your Mom this week. I know it's a hard anniversary...
I'm so sorry, Karen. She was a beautiful baby and it must be painful to miss her. I'm sure she'll be waiting for you in Heaven, and you'll have lots of stories to tell her :)
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