Emma ~

To my friends and family ~

Thank you so very much for sending your cards, flowers, food, hugs and prayers during this hard time. We appreciate your support and continued prayers. Emma was a precious little girl and I know the coming months, days, hours and even minutes will be very tough for my sister, her husband and little Ian. The grandmas and grandpas will have hard times, too.....we all will. It is hard to say the right words at a time like this so I'm going to just share a quick story. I'm not usually one to tell stories like this because they sound kind of fruity but this was pretty special and I feel the need to share. When we were all at the burial site after Emma's service I saw something that suddenly gave me a sense of peace. I saw a beautiful butterfly. It was a black butterfly with white dots. It flew down to the casket and around the flowers and then it was gone. I have asked around and no one else seemed to see this butterfly. As soon as I saw the butterfly it instantly put a smile on my saddened face. See, butterflies are extra special to me. My Grandma Berkley loved butterflies and use to collect butterfly pins. She had tons and tons of these pins. She wore them all of the time on her cardigans. When Grandma passed away we took all of the butterfly pins she collected and passed them out to the women in the family. So, when I saw this butterfly at the funeral I just felt like that was my Grandma and she is now taking care of Emma. I have added a butterfly to my blog in memory of Emma. So, every time you open my blog and see the silver butterfly on the right please think of Emma as well as the many others who have left us. See the butterfly and remember the good things about them and the good things that made them who they were. Never forget them and what they meant to you and your life. I hope that everytime you see a butterfly it will put a smile on your face, too, and bring you peace. Jen