Pictures

I wish we had taken more pictures. I didn't discover until after I developed the film that we hadn't gotten any pictures of me holding Bryan. The times I held him only Erik and I were in the room and all the pictures taken that day were taken by other family members. Erik and I were in such shock and were trying to figure out what was happening. I don't think we realized Bryan wasn't going home with us until the day we left the hospital. Some days I wish I could go back and do things differently, but having never been through something like this before, I didn't know what I'd want later. I am glad the nurses at the hospital gave me a lock of his hair and took a picture of his precious face. I often wonder what he'd look like today and what he'd be doing.

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BRYAN ERIK
LANE
DEC. 31, 1996
SON OF ERIK & JULIE

LET THE LITTLE CHILDREN COME TO ME
AND DO NOT HINDER THEM; FOR THE KINGDOM
OF GOD BELONGS TO SUCH AS THESE.
AND HE TOOK THE CHILDREN IN HIS ARMS,
PUT HIS HANDS ON THEM AND BLESSED THEM.

I try to make him a new arrangement every year. It helps me feel like I am doing something for Bryan although I know it's more for me than for him.