Thank you all for remembering us. I have been so touched by the outpourings of love and compassion sent to us from so many sources. Emma's birthday was gentle and went as well as it could overall, I think. If anything, the 13th was probably harder as I kept reliving my lovely labour and remembering when I felt so excited about meeting our baby, before I knew it was all going to go wrong.
Dave had the day off work. Over breakfast, we all had a little present each to unwrap in memory of Emma - which the kids thought was great! We dropped the children off at school and then went to Emma's grave to plant daffodils and narcissi around her headstone. Hopefully, they'll bloom in the spring (we're not very accomplished gardeners so we're crossing our fingers). We came home and I baked a birthday cake for our little girl and then DH and I went out for a pub lunch together. We spent the time after school playing with Lucy's new baby guinea pigs, who are both very sweet and made us smile. I imagine Emma would have loved tormenting them! Then we all ate birthday cake. It was hard but it was special too - I'm glad we managed to do some things that marked it as "her" day.
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That is beautiful! I am glad you got to do these things in her memory.
xo
What a wonderful way to celebrate your girl's birthday. I'm sure she's smiling down at you from heaven.
I'm glad the day was gentle and special. It's so surreal that they've been gone for a year, isn't it? :(
What a beautiful way to spend Emma's special day. xo
Jill, what a lovely way to honour the memory of precious Emma. xx
What a difficult but beautiful day that must have been for you. You honoured your little girl in so many special ways.
It sounds to me like you honored Emma in a very beautiful way that day. I am so glad you and Dave were able to spend it together.
Sorry - just a word but always worth saying I think.
It sounds like you built some beautiful things into the day. Well done. I hope things are easier for you in the second year.
My daughter Abigail died only 3 days after your Emma. So we have just been through the anniversaries too. As a Dad (ooooh!!) it is good to be sharing about it too in the blogging world and meeting other's on similar jounies
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