We Had Plans, But You Had Different Plans

Who thinks about planning a memorial service for their baby? Um no one does. Nolan and I both felt that we wanted to do this. From the moment we knew that Violet was no longer alive, we wanted the world to know how much we love her.
Our pastor, Rene, was so helpful with all the details that went into planning this service. She already had a selection of Bible verses that could be read, a list of hymns that we could sing. She was ready to take care of asking others to help out during the service. She was such a huge help. But really as we were talking about all of this I was pretty numb. How was I supposed to prepare?
We knew that we wanted the service to be full of hope. While we were in so much pain at that moment, we knew that it would not always be this way. We knew that better days were in the future. While everyone knew the pain that we were experiencing, we wanted everyone to know the joy and happiness that Violet brought to our lives in such a short time. We wanted to honor her and our memories of her.
Rene asked Nolan and I to write a letter to Violet that would be read during the service. We sat down together and between the tears we wrote the words that were feeling and words that were held in our hearts. Here is a link to our letter to Violet. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j3R7X74JZkGdzs2g1qAGvm4iF0LUW38CkFsujFXW3SM/edit?pli=1