Samuel~Jack with big Sister Sophie

'Sophie & Sam'

March 4th 2002

Sophie had once again, in her very young life, been the most bravest little girl I had ever known...  She was so proud of her new baby brother, and although Sam was in Heaven, she knew in her heart that he was with their other brother ~ angel Jack, and that helped to ease her sadness...

Within minutes of our Samuel being born, Sophie came upstairs and held him in her arms...  She heard him cry and truly was a very special, big sister...  She helped put his little 'Teddy Bangle' on, (just like she did with her heavenly angel brother Jack), and held him in her arms with all the love that such a little girl of 11 could find...

From the day we told Sophie that we were 'pregnant' again, and that our new baby may be going to Heaven to be with their brother Jack, she instantly started to write letters, draw pictures and do some very special things, in her own little way for her new baby brother/sisters arrival...

Here is one of the pictures and a poem that Sophie wrote for 'Sam'...

Sophie wrote...

'Samuel the whale will splash through the sea',

'So Silently and steadily, in the soft, wind's breeze'...

'How happy he felt to be free',

'In our minds, this whale will grow',

'Silently and Steadily in the soft winds breeze'...