07/25/2025
The most special piece I have ever done. The most special piece I will ever do.
It took me 2 years to get Sylvie’s ashes out. 2 years. My heart was just too heavy to even look at them and feel the weight of our little girl in my hands, in a bag. As time goes on, it doesn’t necessarily get “easier;” we’ve just learned to live with the heaviness in our hearts.
Over the 2 years since losing Sylvie, our hearts have grown yet again, to love another little one. Our rainbow babe, Silas. I truly do believe that Sylvie sent us her little brother- too many “coincidences” with timing of so many dates during my pregnancy. Our hearts have grown and expanded, but there will always be a hole of our hearts left empty.
I decided to add an April birthstone to one of the toes of this piece and an August birthstone to the other toe. August was when Sylvie was due and April is when she entered the world, silent and so perfect. The actual footprints contain her ashes with some glitter mixed in. I can now have my little girl with me, at all times. 🪽