Mommy lit this candle in honor of all the babies gone too soon tonight for the World Wide Candle Lighting Day baby boy, but especially in honor of you.

Your short life with us here on Earth changed us all forever. Because of you we love deeper, live larger, and experience moments like they are our last. I never knew the depth of a mothers love until I held your tiny lifeless body in my arms. Loving you from afar is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do, but I proudly do it in honor of you. You are mine and I am yours; no distance is too great for our love to travel. Mommy loves you Everett. May your light always shine. Always and forever.

–Mommy