This was written by Tracy Keinrath
We lost our baby daughter, Audrey
Hope, in June of 2004. She only briefly lived her life, but the impact of her
loss greatly changed ours. That Christmas, it was so important to me that we
remember her in a special way. I wanted her to look down from heaven and know
she was a huge part of our lives, even though she wasn’t physically with us. I
decided we would have an “Audrey Tree” to display just for her.
I’ve always been quite picky about
choosing a Christmas tree. It drove my family crazy the way I’d look at them
from all angles, dismissing the ones that looked lop-sided, didn’t have just
the right amount of limbs or wasn’t the correct size. Now, at this first
Christmas without our daughter, it became even more important to pick out a
PERFECT tree. I drug my family around the tree farm, examining each tree
closely. I had such an ache in my heart thinking, “Audrey should be here.” I
was on a mission though, and finally found a very small, perfectly shaped
Christmas tree that I knew would be just right. And…it was.
Another way we honor Audrey at
Christmas is by picking out special ornaments for her tree, many of them sweet
little angels. We hang pink and white lights and dress it up with pink bows. I
love to dim the lights and sit in front
of her sparkling little tree and think about our little girl, what she might
look like, what presents we may be picking out for her, and how her face would
light up on Christmas morning.
Audrey’s tree today:
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