Dear Sawyer,
I am writing this to you, not in goodbye, but in farewell, I know we will see you again someday. You were truly an inspiration, you faced an uphill battle everyday, yet you fought with all you had. You had more triumphs in your few days on earth than many people accomplish in a lifetime and for this we are proud of you. You may not have been the biggest baby, but you were the baby with the biggest heart and stregnth. You were a beautiful gift from God, a miracle given to us to love. Just gazing at your tiny face could melt the hardest hearts. We don't cry today for you, we know you are in a better place, set free, where you are no longer lying in an incubator, but instead lying in the comforting arms of Jesus. We do cry for ourselves, for your parents, and the loss we have all encountered in your passing. We cry for the tomorrows that only exsist in our hearts, but that is where you will forever stay, in a special place in our hearts. You are up in heaven now, but you are not alone, your big brother is there to protect you. There are many people up there who will guide you and take care of you where we now cannot, tell them we miss them. We are lucky that the gift God gave us in love is everlasting, it does not end, even when life does. We will love and miss you everyday for the rest of our lives. You were perfect, a display of God's beauty and grace sent down from heaven, and we are blessed that we were chosen to be your family. Each day you were here was a wonder and though your time was short it held so much meaning. Your presence helped to put life in perspective and forced us to refocus our lives, I guess you were God's way to get us back on the right path. With each tear we cry, we will also rejoice, because you are no longer struggling or hurting, there is no more worrying, no more fear, you are forever safe. You have the gift of growing up in heaven where you will never be hurt, your innocence never altered, and you will never feel a moment of sadness. While we would have liked to share in your life for a longer time, there is no better place for a child to be than home with God. Thank you for every thing you taught us, the fight you showed us, for the smiles you brought to our faces, and the tears you brought to our eyes, you Sawyer, will be forever loved and never forgotten. "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me, a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing."~II Timothy 4:7-8