We are leaving San Francisco tomorrow for a week and a half-to regroup and begin our healing process. Before we leave, though, we wanted to express our deepest gratitude and utmost thanks to all of you who opened your hearts and lives to Cayden and walked with us on this journey. While we know it was painful for all, having your support and love made it a bit more bearable than it otherwise would've been. We've had difficulty keeping up with emails, but hope to be in touch once we return. Thank you very, very much!
All our love,
P&S
7 comments:
Paige & Scott,
Our thoughts have been with you these past few weeks and we are so sorry for your loss. Although we did not get to meet Cayden, we felt like we did through your words and pictures. Please know you will continue to be in our prays as you start the healing process. Susan, Michael, Alyssa and Sam
Thank you ,for sharing Cayden with us.That was so kind of you,during this very difficult time.You gave us the opportunity to meet your baby ,across the miles,but yet very close to all of our hearts.
All my love,
Deanne
Paige and Scott,
My prayers and thoughts are with you. I know how blessed the two of you feel that you had these two weeks to hold and love your little boy. He is a blessing and the unconditional love you have for him gave the two of you the strength to let him go and say good bye. I offer this prayer written by Rabbi Naomi Levy for you with my paraphrasing: My heart goes forth to the two of you as parents, having so many hopes and dreams for Cayden and his future, but having to let him go and say good bye. I ask for a Divine blessing to heal your heart, that family and friends will be with you in your sorrow, that a Divine comfort will surround you and revive your hope, to help you believe that you will again know blessings and joy. You have entrusted Cayden to a Divine Presence who will take care of him, watch over him, protect him. May Cayden find shelter with gentleness and love. May he rest in peace. Amen. Love, Rabbi Zimmerman
Paige and Scott,
I was saddened to learn of the tough time you have been through, but also inspired by your courage and the love you showed little Cayden in his brief stay in this physical world. In the world of the soul I can only imagine he is boasting about his special parents.
May your healing come soon, but the memories of Cayden's sweetness linger.
I hope to see you sometime when you are in the cities.
B'shalom,
Rabbi Sim Glaser
Paige and Scott-
Jeff and I are so sad that Cayden is no longer with you. The short time that you had as a family will always provide wonderful memories. You were blessed with a special little boy who touch many people. Thank you for letting all of us into your world during such a difficult and heartbreaking time. As your healing process begins please know that our hearts go out to you and that Cayden will always be loved and remembered.
Love, Jeff Swartz and Traci Singher
Dear Paige and Scott,
We have been thinking and praying for you these past couple of weeks and please know how sad we are for your loss. Thank you for sharing his short life with us and our thoughts are with you at this difficult time. Hope to see you soon.
Love, Marcia and Mark Cherniack
Paige and Scott, I am thinking of you. Another friend of mine recently lost her little girl (15 days old), and the following is from the memorial service...not sure if you have heard it, but it is fitting.
The Dragonfly
Once, in a little pond, in the muddy water under the lily pads, there lived a little water beetle in a community of water beetles. They lived a simple and comfortable life in the pond with few disturbances and interruptions.
Once in a while, sadness would come to the community when one of their fellow beetles would climb the stem of a lily pad and would never be seen again. They knew when this happened; their friend was dead, gone forever.
Then, one day, the little water beetle felt an irresistible urge to climb up that stem. However, he was determined that he would not leave forever. He would come back and tell his friends what he had found at the top.
When he reached the top and climbed out of the water onto the surface of the lily pad, he was so tired, and the sun felt so warm, that he decided he must take a nap. As he slept, his body changed and when he woke up, he had turned into a beautiful blue-tailed dragonfly with broad wings and a slender body designed for flying.
So, fly he did! And, as he soared he saw the beauty of a whole new world and a far superior way of life to what he had never known existed.
Then he remembered his beetle friends and how they were thinking by now he was dead. He wanted to go back to tell them, and explain to them that he was now more alive than he had ever been before. His life had been fulfilled rather than ended. But, his new body would not go down into the water. He could not get back to tell his friends the good news. Then he understood that their time would come, when they, too, would know what he now knew. So, he raised his wings and flew off into his joyous new life!
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