I will remember you... And smile...

After reading Heaven is for Real I decided I wanted to find a way of giving a happy memory to such a terrible loss. When we lost Buddy after having him for 13 years we planted a beautiful dogwood in the front yard of our new home in memory of him and every time the tree buds or the leaves are so healthy and green it brings me a happy memory of my sweet Buddy.

The more I thought about it, I realized how much I love plants, especially flowering ones. There were these two terribly ugly plants right beneath a window in the front landscaping of our home. I've been wanting to rip them out forever, but never had anything good in mind to replace them with so just left it be. After our sweet baby went to heaven I felt it would be fitting to replace those two plants with one large beautiful plant. Especially fitting because, those two plants were directly beneath the window of what would have been our second child's bedroom.

I went to Linton's who happen to have a huge sale this time of year and found a Red Heart Rose of Sharon. The garden associate informed me that these plants require lots of sunlight(perfect for the front of our home) and bloom each year at the end of summer/ early fall. What's special about that you're wondering? Late summer/early fall is when our second child went to be with Jesus in heaven.

I consider it a great honor to know that we have a beautiful baby in heaven looking down on us...

Each year when your plant blooms, I will remember you, and smile...