A Letter to our Baby Girls

Madelyn and Olivia,

As tomorrow approaches, we want you to know that we love you with all of our hearts and we will never understand what happened. But what we do know is that god gave us the gift of you two for some reason, maybe to appreciate being parents in the future or to bring us closer together and show how wonderful we would be as parents. I see your Daddy play with Andrew, Dillon, Timmy and Julia and it breaks my heart because he is so good with them, but it shows me how great he would have been with the two of you. It broke my heart the other day when we were at a Mets game this year. We weren't going to go to any this year because it would have been too hard to go with two newborns to a huge stadium. But I know daddy imagined watching the Mets play on tv with the two of you in his arms and it breaks my heart that he can't have that. But we hold you tightly in our hearts forever.

At the most unusual times and the most unexpected places, my eyes sting and my throat gets tight and I know that the only thing I want is the two of you in my arms.

So, dance my loves, with your aunt grace and with each other. Be free to be whatever you want to be, but come visit your mommy and daddy every once in awhile. We will love you both forever and always, Maddy and Liv. But for now, your aunt grace and great grandmas and great grandpas are gonna hold you tight and someday, mommy and daddy will come dance with you and hold you tight forever again.

Love always,
Mommy and Daddy