My dear grandchild,<\/p>\n
Silas MacKenzie Mathews,<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
You would be a man by now.<\/p>\n
So many years have passed.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
How we wanted you to stay,<\/p>\n
but your fragile body wouldn\u2019t let you.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Did you hear what your daddy said that day,<\/p>\n
your last day here?<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cI am proud of my son.<\/p>\n
He tried his best to live.<\/p>\n
He stayed as long as he could.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Eleven weeks wasn\u2019t long enough for any of us.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
We still talk about you, Silas.<\/p>\n
We still say your name.<\/p>\n
We have not \u2013 will not \u2013 forget<\/p>\n
that you were here,<\/p>\n
that you were ours,<\/p>\n
that you are as much a part of this family as any of us.<\/p>\n
You were \u2013 you are \u2013 real.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
And we can\u2019t wait for the day<\/p>\n
we each can join you where you are.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Tell me, do you grow up in Heaven?<\/p>\n
Or will you still be that precious baby that we love?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Either way, this grandma will be ready<\/p>\n
to give you a lifetime\u2019s worth of love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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