Hi CC.
Once again, we getting closer to December 20th and, given the recent appeal by the convicted felon, so many painful memories must be surfacing for you and your family.
The situation is almost beyond comprehension, and the anger and frustration I felt when I read the stories is barely the most minute fraction of what you all are feeling.
My little 2 yr old GD was here today, getting over some bug, and was very clingy. If she was to disappear as suddenly as your Elaina did, I'd be shattered. If I couldn't hear her asking for Twinkle Twinkle while being rocked, if my arms couldn't feel the trusting weight of her body, if I couldn't smell that combination of Johnson's Baby Powder and chocolate chip muffin that is peculiarly her own scent, I doubt I'd be doing anything more than going through the motions. If that.
I so admire how you all are carrying on.
However, although you, FM and the rest of your family have been very open to the public, I wanted to be sure that I would not be intruding into your very personal time of remembrance.
Would it be OK with you, CC, and with FM if once again I placed a circle of pink luminaria around my pond and "wild space" on the 20th to celebrate your angel's time on earth?
If it is, and there is a particular time that your family or friends are holding a vigil or remembrance or candle lighting, I will do my best to honour your observance by timing the lighting of my luminaria to coincide the beginning of whatever you have planned.
(As I've mentioned before, every year I do something like this with my neice's family on the anniversary of her little one's birth and passing.)
Please let me know your feelings.
Thank you.