May

These Three

“These three are enough. These three fill my days and nights and sometimes beyond. These three are brimming with my hopes and prayers. These three can’t hold any more of my love, but I wish there was just one more. There’s room in our home for one more. There’s room in our hearts for one more. We have all this extra love that’s missing a child.”

When I only had Luca, Mason and Ava, Jennifer sent me this quote. It came from a scrapping page done by Rebecca Sower and it struck such a chord with me. Well, obviously…we went on to have Ivy :) You just know when you’re not done yet, when the idea of another little human joining your family stirs a mix of butterflies in your tummy and happy thoughts and it’s like a yearning that can’t be satisfied.

So anyway, I loved the quote when Jen sent it to me in 2004, I kept the piece of paper and found it again just the other day. Of course when I read it now my heart hurts with the knowing of what I’m missing, rather than the imagining.

I have to say though, I can’t put into words the sheer joy Ivy brings us every day – she is growing up and getting cuter by the minute and we truly thank our lucky stars she was allocated to us. She’s an absolute treasure, in every sense of the word.

Sheye x

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precious pink pumps says:

I have never forgotten that quote. I do remember finding it and wanting to share it with you straight away. It is ironic, and so painfully sad, that all of those emotions captured in that little paragraph do still seem so relevant now. We all miss Ava so much. I will be forever carrying a pain in my heart because with the knowledge that you, Crayte and the kids’ world know this sadness. xxx All my love forever Jennifer
Rachael says:

she is a beautiful little girl, in that first photo she looks so happy and care-free.
xxoo
Shayne Hope says:

Oh Sheye,

That is such a lovely quote but the final sentence “We have all this extra love that’s missing a child.” Well, I really don’t know what to say:( I have sat here for 1/2 hour trying to find words and can’t.

Ivy is just lovely and makes me want #3 but unfortunately for me I don’t get babies easily, oh well I will continue to get my fix from friends and blogs.

Shayne Hope
Wollongong NSW
Vanessa and Kara says:

I can’t find the words either ~ nothing seems appropriate.

Ivy is just adorable Sheye ~ but you already know that!

V x
Brissiemum2 says:

Wow. Ivy has grown so much. So is such a little beauty.

The quote is so profound, especially with retrospect.

(((Big hugs to you and your family)))
Anonymous says:

Oh my gosh. Ivy is beautiful and so much like Ava. That must be so bitterseet for you.
Sandy says:

I’m not sure how I came across your blog but I felt the need to comment. Your little Ivy is beautiful, if fact all of your children are absolutely gorgeous! I am so sorry for the loss of your little Ava….I don’t really know what to say other than I am sorry. I see you do photography and also wanted to comment on the beautiful photo’s that you take.
Anonymous says:

Sheye, little Ivy is just adorable such sweet photos, if only life could always be so happy & carefree.
Love Tanya xx
laureen Carruthers says:

wow Sheye…there aren’t even words to describe how different that quote must be to you now, compared to when you first got it. I imagine at that time, it was a happy, filled with excitement kind of feeling, and now just so tragically different…always thinking of you,
laureen
Lea says:

Oh wow, what a beautiful but heart breaking quote all rolled into one. It leaves such an ache in my heart reading it as I think about precious Ava.

Miss Ivy is just so adorable, I love the big open mouth smile as she stumbles across the lawn.

Was great to hear your voice today honey, thank you…best birthday present I got all day!

Much love
Lea xox
Fari says:

What a little beauty!! She’s growing up so fast……
Anonymous says:

Stumbled into your blog and relate to so much (too much). If you don’t mind me asking, what is the music that plays on her website during the picture slideshow? It’s a beautiful song. My thoughts are with you as you learn to navigate through your new world. I know the pain can be tangible, all encompassing, suffocating. I won’t tell you it gets better (it doesn’t) but it somehow gets easier. Perhaps only because you learn to live alongside the sadness instead of under it. It has been over four years and I still feel myself living under it some days… anyway, sorry to intrude, I don’t mean to give you unsolicited advice or to presume I know how you feel (I hate that, still!). I lost my true loves (husband and daughter in a car accident, my Mommy to cancer 6 months after) and felt compelled to post a comment.
Peace,
erin
Anonymous says:

I need to just give you this:
((HUGS))

Dxx

These Three

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