Dear Abram
November 28, 2018 Dear Abram, This is the third year I’ve sat in the soft glow of our Christmas tree, writing you a letter, both with tears falling for what we lost and warm gratitude for what we have and will always have of you. Every season has you in it. Spring brings the reminder of when we thought you would arrive with the first of the flowers and the light green of a new season. Summer is when we found out we were pregnant with you, those trips to the beach climbing the sand dunes and watching the waves with you still unannounced in my belly, a joyful family secret. Fall brought a growing belly, your kicks, anticipation of being a family of 5; I remember after we knew you couldn’t survive…sometime in mid-November, feeling like I was in a fog of disbelief as I watched the girls jump in leaf piles, thinking how can this be happening to our baby. Thanksgiving, the gathering of all our family, hoping to surround you with as much love as we could in the time w...