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By Wanda Mayhall
08/25/08
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Adrian

"Mom," I heard a sobbing voice in my recieve, "she didn't make it."

Hurt welted upward from the very bottom of my gut and spelled to an overflow. I pulled off my glasses, held them as I wiped tears with the back of my hand. "No," I shouted, breaking the silence on the other end of the phone. The tears came quicker now. They fell off my cheek bone onto the floor. "How's Katie?" I asked in broken syllables.

"I haven't seen her since the Doctor told us," Loretta, my daughter answered. The hurt in her voice, hurt me even more. "Josh, is with her now." Josh is my daughter's son and the baby's father.

This is a true story. It began Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 5 pm. Loretta, Vicky, a friend, and myself were sitting around my dining table discussing the new baby. Due date October 9th. Suddenly, the sound of a cell pierced the air. We each looked to see if it was ours. No,no, oh, it was Loretta's. We laughed as she picked it up.

"Where are you?" she asked the person on the other end of the phone. I heard fear in her voice as she confirmed, "Mountain Home." She flipped her phone shut. "Mom, I've got to go. Katie is in the emergence room." Loretta picked up her purse. The next thing I heard was the front door closing behind her. I sat speechless. A feeling of suspense enveloped me as I hung in its grasp.

It was twenty minutes before midnight, when I heard, "mom, she didn't make it."

Sunday, August 24, 2008. Adrain, this is your great-grandmother. I want you to know what you gave to me while you visited earth.

First, there's that special memory of your mother. The look on her face when she held you after you'd gone home. Her face came alive with the love you'd left her. That, I will hold im my heart for the rest of my days on earth.

Second, the helpless feeling I felt when I heard your mother say, "I'm sorry," to the ones of us you'd left behind. "It's my fault," she'd cry, because you'd died.

Third, came the feeling of proud when I heard the Doctor say to your mother, "now, now, it was not your fault. You are the prefect candidate to bring a healthy baby into this world. You don't smoke, drink or do drugs. I don't know what went wrong, but I do know it was not your fault.

Fourth, when your mother and father made the decision to let the Doctor go ahead with the autopsy. That was hard, for them to let your little body be intruded upon. I agreed! But, little one, it was a hard one for me too.

Fifth, and that is my daughter and your grandmother. I see the love you gave her. I know she'll lock a portion in her heart just for herself. But, there'll always be a portion she'll share with others. That's the way she is. You would have loved her flower garden. There she would have blown bubbles with you just as she'd done with your dad. She'll always miss the things you two didn't get to do together.

And here I am. I'm old and often feel a bit sorry for myself towards the end of the day. You see, my patience isn't what it use to be, because I can not do all of the things I use to do. I think of all the things you gave me in your short life and realize what I can't do anymore, really isn't going to make a difference.

I plan to change one thing ,and that's the old unattended flower bed on the left side of the porch. The one I've said that I'd like to do something with, but don't feel like it. Adrain, you've given me the energy to plant flowers there and the patience's to sit in the old rocking chair, the one I've always been too busy to sit in, and enjoy our garden.

Tomorrow, the ones who love you so very much, will take you to your final resting place. There, I'll see all the people who's lives have been touched during your brief stay. For now, I want to say, thank you. I love you, Adrain.

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