Dear Cody,
Marley was only 3 weeks old when you died.
You never even held her.
When I tried to drop her into your arms just a few days before you left us.....you refused to hold out your hands and said you'd hold her when she got a little bigger. You didn't keep your word.....you butthead!
Marley carries around a picture of you.
She keeps it in her purse or her toy basket.
She prays for you......
"Me sanksul for CoCo and Jesus."
She loves you....
and she knows you.
Like she really, really knows you!
I walk into her room the other day.....
(we hadn't been talking about you at all that day....
so what I found completely surprised me)
She's by herself, laying on her tummy on her floor,
and she's got five pictures of you laying in front of her.....
(I still have no idea where she got them?!?)
and she's crying.
Full on real tears.
Running right down her cute little chubby cheeks.
Did I mention she's barely 3?
She looks up at me and says,
"Me yant CoCo to hold me so me can seel his bird"
(TRANSLATION: "I want CoCo to hold me so I can feel his beard")
She does LOVE to feel hair....
It's quite an obsession for her....
Of course I broke down crying myself.
I picked her up and we sat on her bed and
talked about you. I told her that you loved her....
and that she'd be able to feel your beard one day soon
up in Heaven. I told her that I missed you too.
She then said, "Me yant CoCo to see my new bed."
(Nani worked very hard to give her the cutest new room for her birthday last month)
I assured her that you could see her bed from Heaven....
and that you loved it and thought it was so pretty....
I told her you probably even laughed and called Nani and I names
when we were trying to paint her room.....
because we are quite the painting noobs compared to her Uncle CoCo.
More than 3 years after you've been gone....
the tender mercies from Heaven are still pouring in.....
helping our broken hearts,
helping us feel you near,
and bringing us the much needed moments of peace and comfort.
We love you.
We miss you terribly.
We pray for you daily.
And we can't wait to be with you again!
Marley was only 3 weeks old when you died.
You never even held her.
When I tried to drop her into your arms just a few days before you left us.....you refused to hold out your hands and said you'd hold her when she got a little bigger. You didn't keep your word.....you butthead!
Marley carries around a picture of you.
She keeps it in her purse or her toy basket.
She prays for you......
"Me sanksul for CoCo and Jesus."
She loves you....
and she knows you.
Like she really, really knows you!
I walk into her room the other day.....
(we hadn't been talking about you at all that day....
so what I found completely surprised me)
She's by herself, laying on her tummy on her floor,
and she's got five pictures of you laying in front of her.....
(I still have no idea where she got them?!?)
and she's crying.
Full on real tears.
Running right down her cute little chubby cheeks.
Did I mention she's barely 3?
She looks up at me and says,
"Me yant CoCo to hold me so me can seel his bird"
(TRANSLATION: "I want CoCo to hold me so I can feel his beard")
She does LOVE to feel hair....
It's quite an obsession for her....
Of course I broke down crying myself.
I picked her up and we sat on her bed and
talked about you. I told her that you loved her....
and that she'd be able to feel your beard one day soon
up in Heaven. I told her that I missed you too.
She then said, "Me yant CoCo to see my new bed."
(Nani worked very hard to give her the cutest new room for her birthday last month)
I assured her that you could see her bed from Heaven....
and that you loved it and thought it was so pretty....
I told her you probably even laughed and called Nani and I names
when we were trying to paint her room.....
because we are quite the painting noobs compared to her Uncle CoCo.
More than 3 years after you've been gone....
the tender mercies from Heaven are still pouring in.....
helping our broken hearts,
helping us feel you near,
and bringing us the much needed moments of peace and comfort.
We love you.
We miss you terribly.
We pray for you daily.
And we can't wait to be with you again!
7 comments:
I LOVE this and I love you! I know that he is closer than you think he is and leave it to little Marley to bring that fabulous spirit in and recogize it! You are loved in both heaven and on earth!
I love you, Miss. And that little Marley too. Lots.
This is the sweetest thing ever and makes me want to cry. Such a cute story, we all miss coco.
What a little sweetie! I love that story, thanks for sharing.
Sweet and beautiful.
Totally had myself a good cry. things like that are hard for a pregnant lady to read. Love you and your darling family. Cody is missed and thought of often! XO
Chiara, thanks for sharing this. I sure miss my boy. I would love to sit and talk to him, give him a hug and tell him how much I love him. Your little Marly is a sweetheart and in spite of her strong will and occasional orneriness, she sure has a kind heart; just like her mother.
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