"Sometimes Love is a Moment.
Sometimes Love is a Lifetime.
Sometimes a Moment is a Lifetime" UnknownIf I were going to sum up Calypso's life I could do it in a few but powerful words. A short life that spanned the sea. Calypso Paikea Rhyder, her very name came from the sea. She was my ocean baby. Only 3 weeks and 2 days she spent with us, but her name has touched thousands of hearts and has rested on hundreds of seashores. Some day I'll see her again, but in the meantime I pray Calypso's name continues to touch on different shores and land on different hearts.
5 years. It sounds like it should be a long time doesn't it? May 2nd was an anniversary for us, one of many. On May 2, 2007 I was admitted to the hospital while pregnant after waking up with blood all over. Calypso was ok but we were transferred to IU Hospital where we would stay until she was born.
May 2nd really is just the first in many rough days ahead. Mother's Day was another, the only Mother's Day I had with all my children. June 14th, Calypso's birthday. She would have been 5 this year, 5! She would have been gorgeous and playing with her sisters. Instead she's gone.
July 7, the day my soul broke in agony, the day she went home. 5 years ago..... and lastly August 25th. The day she was supposed to come into this world. Her original due date.
So here I sit the day after one of these anniversaries and know that the rough times are heading my way. I'll make it through but I still am sad and I miss my Calypso. My heart is heavy.
God bless your soul sweet baby girl.
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