"I remember walking out of the hospital to the car later that day. I just had to get home as I couldn't stay there any longer. It was a beautiful sunny day and I remember people laughing near us. I had to hold myself back from running over to them and screaming at them "how dare you laugh, don't you know I've just lost my daughter?

"

Debbie

Luke's little feet

Oskar

When I held my baby boy
I was filled with love
For all that he was to me; to us:
And for all that he might have been:
Soul, spirit and small perfectly formed body
Old, gentle, compassionate, loving soul in
New, soft, sweet smelling rounded body

I held the warm weight of him in my arms
And bathed his face, his closed eyes, with wet fresh kisses
So little time to give him a lifetimes worth
Struggling against the weight of worlds torn asunder
And to hold him
To hold presence of mind
To have consciousness in that moment
To remember
To remember every detail....

Becci Eriksson
Oskar bd. 22nd June 1999