Small said, "But what about when we are dead and gone,
will you love me then, does love go on?"
Large held Small snug as they looked out at the night,
at the moon in the dark and the stars shining bright.
"Small, look at the stars, how they shine and glow.
Some of the stars died a long time ago.
Still they shine in the evening skies,
for you see, Small, love like starlight never dies."
Debi Gliori
from No Matter What
Born at 4:07 a.m. on June 4, 2004
1 pound 5.7 ounces
13 inches long
23 weeks 6 days gestation
He had long, skinny fingers and toes, just like his father and brother, and he was beautiful.
Died in our arms at 4:53 a.m. on
June 5, 2004
"All those impulses of love return to the love that made them. Even memory is not necessary for love. There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning."
Thornton Wilder
from The Bridge of San Luis Rey
