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Chaddy

Melanie

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Chad is pictured first. He was our "Little Chaddy".

Chad died on July 31, 1995 from injuries substained in an accident on July 30th. He was only five years old.

We love and miss him dearly.

Chad loved Batman, the Ninja Turtles and the Power Rangers. Oh how he loved to dress up and pretend to be one of his Super Heroes.

Melanie Jordan, pictured second, was born March 29, 2003 at 7:15 AM. She weighed 7.8 ounces and was 8 inches long. She lived for four hours.

Melanie suffered from Thanatophoric Dysplasia . A lethal form of dwarfism. She was born almost four months premature.

Though she only lived a few short hours, we cherish every minute we had with her.

A Poem For Melanie
Melanie Poem

Melanie
M is for the Miracle of seeing you born
E is for the Everlasting pride you brought to us by showing us you were a “Little Fighter”
L needs no explanation, it symbolizes the LOVE we feel for you
A is for “Always in our Hearts” where we hold you close dear “little one”
N is for Never knowing what joys we could have shared
I is for the Intricacy of your beautiful tiny angelic features
E well... this last e is for Eternity, for that is how long we will hold you in our Hearts and love you little Melanie...

With Love From Gammaw

"Baby of Mine" - Allison Kraus

Saying Goodbye To Chad & Melanie
Memories and...

The poem Memories was read at Melanie's graveside service.
Memories

If I could have a lifetime wish
A dream that would come true,
We'd pray to God with all our hearts
For yesterday and You.
A thousand words can't bring you back
We know because we've tried...
Neither will a thousand tears
We know because we've cried...

You left behind our broken hearts
And happy memories too...
But we never wanted memories
We only wanted You.

(Unknown)

Next is a song written by Kristin for Chad.

God Broke My Heart Today

Flying through a dream
hoping to see your face
looking for a trace
of your love

Cry almost every nite
trying to find the lite
that will lead me to you

I hear your voice
yelling for me
Finally I realize you’re some where
I cannot be!

You spread your silky wings
as you fly away
up to the sun that begins every new day
my best friend we held until the end
til death did us part &
God broke my heart

To see you lie there
cold and so alone
I cried a lot
Please bring him home

Soft cold wind
blows my hair
telling me, letting me know
that you are there

As I find myself
crying again
I lost my friend
I look up and see you....

You spread your silky wings
as you fly away
Up to the sun that begins every new day
my best friend we held until the end
til death did us part &
God broke my heart

God broke my heart
God broke my heart
God broke my heart today...
2003

God's Littlest Angels

Poem From Melanie

Dear Mommy and Daddy

I had to leave, please understand
I'm resting now in God's own hand
I was just too weak, too sick to stay
I would never run or jump or play

That's not the way it's suppose to be
A child wants more. I hope you'll see
I wanted to smile, to play, to love
So I had to return to my father above

Mom, I thank you for keeping me close
For giving me love, for keeping me warm
For rubbing your belly and giving soft pats
They comforted me and I love you for that

Maybe some evening, late at night
You'll look to the heavens and see a light
A star that is twinkling high above
It's me.... and I'm sending you my love

by Gary Dashiell-Richter

Our little angels have stars registered in their names. Chad's star is in the constellation Orion and Melanie's is in Aquila . The stars were registered at:

International Star Registry

"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" - Selena

Chads Poem & Links

Chaddy in Heaven

Written by Kristin who was six years old at the time.

I love you Chaddy in Heaven

I miss you Chaddy
I'll be seeing you one day

When I die I will play with you up in heaven
And I will be loving you and we will be friends forever

And when you will be seeing me
I will be in God's hands and walking with God
And you will be right beside God walking in the flowers with me

I will be singing with you forever

I will be watching the watch till it is time for us to fly
Cuz we fly to the different clouds

And the different clouds we jump to, we will be holding hands while we watch the watch on our hands

And we will be looking down on the babies that grow up

And I love to go to the park with you and I will push you on the swing
because you don't know how to swing yet
And we like to play together
because we like to play alot...
And I love you and I will be seeing you....
the end

I hope the following links might be helpful to other families going through the loss of a child.

Little Angels

Robyn's Page

The next site will help explain what Thanatophoric Dyplasia or Dwarfism is:

Thanatophoric Dysplasia

Memorial Stars can be found at:

International Star Registry

Chad's star is in the constellation Orion
and... Melanie's star is in the constellation Aquila

Special Notation:
Chad has a brother, Acie, and a baby sister, Rylee Paige.
Melanie has an older brother, Richard-Dylan.
They all have a Special Aunt, Kristin.

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