new photos.

One of our close friends (Bethany) sent me these photos today that she had taken in January while visiting us in the the NICU at South Bend. I had never seen these photos, and though they brought lots of tears, I am so grateful to have more beautiful pictures of Olive.

I was chatting with another dear friend of mine from Seattle and she said something that meant so much to me...probably more than she realized. She said, "I would never wish the pain on you, and still wish there was something i could do to take it away...but you have come into you. You were always there... but Olive made you glow."

I carry you with me into the world,
into the smell of rain
and the words that dance between people;
and for me, it will always be this way,
walking in the light,
remembering being alive together.

-Brian Andreas