Little Pink Balloon

On Saturday at 10am Brisbane time (1pm here in New Zealand) Ava will be laid to rest but her family will continue to grief, and for those of us who have lost one's close and dear to our hearts, we know that really that is when the grieving begins and some of the numbness begins to wear off. In honor of Ava, pink balloons will be released at her final farewell and all over the world people will be joining them. Professional photographers, friends and family who can't be with the Rosemeyer family will be letting three pink balloons go...one for each precious year of Ava's life, the last of which I had the privilege to witness via Sheye's amazing images some of which can be seen HERE. So if you see pink balloons flying over your house it is possible that they have come from England, Canada, USA, Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Japan, South Africa...just some of the places I know they will be released. Look up and remember Ava, remember all the other children whose time with us is so short and whose deaths are so difficult to understand. Meg, I know you've tagged me! and I'll follow through with it after Saturday...as well as updates on my two classes ....OnLine Layout at Scrap of Faith and a Photography Course at Scrapbook Outlet NZ, but right now I just wanted to send you all Hugs and THANK EVERYONE for your kind words and checking in here to let Sheye know that a community of women and mother's bleed with her. I thank God for Sheye's photos and her Blog....we never guessed it would become more precious than gold, a diary of Ava's life and memory. Keep taking those images and keep journalling....but I pray that you will never need it in this way.