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Dear Alice,
You were such a strong little girl and you knew what you wanted, right from the start. You fought your way into the world six weeks early to meet us all because you couldn’t wait any longer.
Whatever you wanted, whatever you needed, we did our best to give you. When you wanted to go to London to see the liver specialists we all went with you, giving you all our love, willing you to get better.
Little princess, you told the nurses who came to take you to London that you didn’t like the blue and orange quilt in your travel incubator. They changed it for a pink flowery one, especially for you. I must admit, it suited you far better.
At King’s College Hospital you had a bed by the window, with the best view of London in the whole hospital. Your big brother was so thrilled to see Big Ben when he came to visit you. But you knew Sam would really like to get a better look at Westminster, so you arranged a special trip to Saint Thomas’s Hospital one evening. After the doctors looked at your heart and said it was working fine, we took Sam outside to have a closer look at Big Ben. We all enjoyed the trip, but afterwards we were glad to be going back to King’s with you.
Every day of your life you endured medical procedures. You had intravenous medicines, blood tests, x-rays… But you were so sweet natured and bore it all placidly. Seldom did you complain.
I am full of admiration for your inner strength and tolerance. I can’t help but wonder, what would you have been like when you grew up?
Dear Alice, we cannot guess what the future might have held, only know what was and what is now. You were our beautiful daughter and Sam’s treasured little sister. You generously gave us two weeks and a day of your  precious life, and in that brief interval we shared a lifetime’s joy and sorrow. William Blake expressed it better than ever I could, so I share his words with you now.
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.
Thank you, Alice. You remain forever in all our hearts.
love, Mummy |
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