'I wanted to make space for him in our lives — and on our Christmas tree.'
. And in an instant, the future I'd imagined for our family vanished. We wouldn't be celebrating Christmas with a new baby, and there would be no life to document. At least that's how I felt initially.But as Christmas approached that year, my mindset changed. I realized that there was in fact a life to document, albeit a short one. I had a baby, and although he died, the fact remained that he would always be a part of our family.
Except his life and death would make for one of the most important stories our family had to tell. He had died, but his memory and impact on our family had not. Our lives were forever changed, and his absence would always be felt. So I wanted to make space for him in our lives — and on our Christmas tree. He had been born still, but he would always be my child, and I wanted to document that through our yearly ornament tradition.
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