Goodbye Sweet Jack

She was so excited when she shared the news with me that she was pregnant.  A couple of hours later, I had a vision of her carrying a baby in her arms, swaddled in a blue blanket, a blue toque on his head. It would be a boy! Motherhood was a journey she could hardly wait to embark upon. Becoming a grandmother was something I had been eagerly awaiting, as it would mark yet another stage in my life. After she and her husband saw the tiny heartbeat on the ultrasound at two months, it was a devastating disappointment a month later to find that the little heart was no longer beating. What made you choose to leave so soon? We already loved you, and you had even sent me a name: Jack. Deep down, I understand that your soul was experiencing exactly what it needed, reincarnating for that brief time in your mother's womb and then leaving to continue on your path. However, the sadness for not having been able to know you lingers. Goodbye, sweet Jack.