Goodbye BerryPatch...

May 23rd 2013

Today was a day filled with tears…For all of us… It was the last day of preschool for Estella. Oh wow… it was heartbreaking to look at the faces of all those who've been there every morning, the teachers, mom's and dad's who have walked with us during every loss I've (we've) endured…they are a beautiful bunch of people who probably do not know how much they have helped us survive the loss of our son. There truly are no words for how treasured they are, how often Jack and I (even Estella) think of them… 

A year and a half ago, Jack, Estella and I each deeply heartbroken, walked into Colonial to bring Estella to school, it had been less than a week since Tommy had passed. Walking down the hall hand in hand, my tear stained face and our somberness was met with smiles and gentle nods. BerryPatch did what I can only describe as a AMAZING job at allowing their little school to be a place of ease, fun and stability for Estella.. She was loved up, hugged, held and prayed for daily… For that there are no words of gratitude that I could find to convey how much that aided in Estella's healing as well as ours. This year Estella was BLESSED to meet a little friend who truly is her other half. This little girl also has a sibling in Heaven, little Hannah. Estella and Jane speak often about their siblings~ they talk about what they are doing in Heaven, if they play together… soooo often after school they go to this little pond and "pray and talk to Tommy and Hannah". For Estella this friendship has helped her healing in a way Jack nor I could. She found something that each and every person desires, she found that she was not alone that there was another kid who has a sibling in Heaven… It didn't really occur to me how important that was and when she found it how much it would change her life.... if you think about it kids talk about their siblings all the time, it was only now that Estella found a little friend who she relate to on this level.. 

Today marks the end of a 3yr journey with BerryPatch… of our loss and a community filled with encouragement, love, kindness…. We are so sad to leave, but have been so blessed by each and every person, big and small, from BerryPatch… A thousand thank you… 

Love and Blessings,

B