Monday, August 16, 2010

August 16th, 2010- 16 Agosto 2010

(Mom's turn)
One year ago, our sweet baby girl left this earth to go back to our Heavenly Father.
I have no words to describe this first year without her, an endless nightmare that no parents should go through, a huge hole left in our broken hearts. We have been trying to go on, to pick up the pieces and live our lives at the best we could, but it's not the same. It will NEVER EVER be the same.
Un anno fa, la nostra dolce bimba e' ritornata in Cielo dal Signore. Non ci sono parole per descrivere questo primo anno senza Vittoria, un incubo senza fine che nessun genitore dovrebbe mai vivere, un vuoto enorme lasciato nei nostri cuori distrutti. Stiamo provando ad andare avanti, a raccogliere i pezzi e vivere le nostre vite al meglio delle nostre capacita', ma non e' lo stesso. Non sara' MAI la stessa cosa.

We miss her so so much. It tears my heart apart to think of all the suffering this brave daughter of ours had to endure in her short life, but she was the only one strong and courageous enough to be able to do it. I don't know how she did it, and always with a smile on her face, ALWAYS.
Ci manca da morire. Mi spezza il cuore a pensare a tutte le sofferenze che questa nostra coraggiosissima figlia ha dovuto sopportare nella sua breve vita, ma era l'unica forte e coraggiosa abbastanza da poterlo fare. Non so come abbia fatto e sempre con un sorriso sulle labbra, SEMPRE.

We headed down to Price and met with James'family (except for Mary, Luke & girls whom we missed) and we found out that she got her grave marker, minus her photo. It took some time to decided how to design it and what to put on it. She liked so many things, but mostly horses, butterlies and we added a design of her sitting on Jesus'lap.
Siamo andati a Price e li' ci siamo incontrati con la famiglia di James ( eccetto per Mary, Luke & bimbe) e scoperto che avevano gia' installato la lapide, meno la foto. Ci e' voluto un po' per decidere come disegnarla e cosa metterci sopra. A vittoria piacevano tantissime cose, ma piu' di tutto cavalli e farfalle e noi ci abbiamo aggiunto un disegno di lei seduta in grembo di Gesu'.


(the photo on the marker is just one I had with me, but wanted to see how it would have looked-La foto di lei messa sulla lapide e' soltanto una che avevo con me, ma volevo vedere come sarebbe venuta)

The idea of this last design also came actually from a drawing our dear friend Darlene did for us for Christmas, but also we wanted to copy one of Vittoria's drawing she did back in September of '07 when she drew herself sitting on Jesus's lap.
L'idea di questo ultimo disegno ci e' venuta anche da un disengo che la nostra carissima amica Darlene ci ha regalato per Natale, ma volevamo anche copiare un disegno che Vittoria ha fatto nel settembre del 2007 di se stessa seduta in grembo a Gesu'.

(by Vittoria-sept 2007)
Seeing the marker was very tough, it made it even more real that she is indeed gone, but I think she would have liked it. Our last tangible gift to her, one gift that we would never in our whole life immagined to give to her.
Vedere la lapide e' stata parecchio dura, ha reso tutto piu' reale, che lei veramente non c'e' piu', ma penso che le sarabbe piaciuto. Il nostro ultimo tangibile regalo per la nostra bimba che mai in tutta la nostra vita avrei mai pensato di darle.

We want to thank our families near and far, friends and even total strangers who have showed us love and support in so many ways, every single day, but especially today. Thank you to those who could come and to those who couldn't, but were there with their hearts and prayers.
We love you and thank you for loving and caring about our daughter!
Vogliamo ringraziare le nostre famiglie, vicine e lontane, i nostri amici e anche completi sconosciuti che ci hanno dato affetto e supporto in cosi' tanti modi, ogni giorno, ma soprattutto oggi. Grazie a quelli che sono potuti venire e a quelli che non hanno potuto ma erano con noi con i lori cuori e preghiere.
Vi vogliamo bene e grazie per voler bene a nostra figlia!



(Cousins all dressed in purple & Jacomo)

3 comments:

  1. It's beautiful and perfectly fitting to Vittoria. I love the purple flowers all around it.

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  2. Oh i wish we could have been there! You were most certainly in our thoughts, prayers, and hearts ALL day! As always. We love you.

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  3. I just want you all to know how much we always think of you and you are still in our prayers. We are so thankful to be a part of your extended family and I still think of the beautiful experience of being part of her life and being there with you last year. I am sure it is always an ache for you. We miss her also. We love you and are thankful for the example of an eternal famly that you are to us. Always, Cari Ham

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