Day 6

For some reason, every day since Christmas every time I went to the store I asked mommy if I could get Nene flowers.  Each time, mommy said that the next time we went to see Nene that we would stop and get her flowers.  This was not a normal request from me, so mommy found it odd...maybe I just had a feeling that things weren't ok because, the next time we went to see Nene was at the hospital and we didn't make it in time before she was gone.

One of the things I looked forward to the most was this upcoming Valentine's Day.  I couldn't wait to shower Nene with lots of love filled treasures.  I've talked about Valentin's Day and my birthday a lot.  Since we are going to see Nene tomorrow, I asked mommy if I could get Nene a Valentine's present...so, on the way to my uncle's tonight, we stopped and I got to pick something very special out for Nene.  Through all of my sorrow, a ray of sunshine shined through.  Our hearts are so broken, but oh how Nene would have loved this so!!

Later that night, we had one more thing to do to prepare for our big day tomorrow.  Mommy always knew she would do this when this day did come and she never got the chance to tell Nene, but Nene would have loved it.  We cut a lock of my hair to be put in Nene's casket.  Mommy put it in her hand right before they closed the casket.  This way...a part of me will be with Nene forever and best yet...she holds it in her hand.