Re: *Re: Heidi and Audrey ??

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

No I have not spoken to her in forever ! I have a photo frame Heidi sent me after Cams funeral, and it is on display in my living room with a photo of Audrey in a newborn dress that was the first outfit was wearing the first time we got to hold him. I sent it to her when she was expecting. It is one of the photos that I pack and take every time we have to evacuate for a hurricane.

      Jules Romero

-- *Re: [DownSyndromeInfoExchange] Heidi and Audrey ??

 Hi , Kathy ,

Do you know how Heidi and Audrey are doing ???? I was just thinking of them both two weeks ago when I was visiting a friend who lost a child recently. Actually I think of Davy a lot still. That hit hard.

Skalsky Baby

It is with sadness and joy to inform you that our stillborn son, Jack

, was born on Wednesday 11/19 at 5:46 am. He weighed 1.94 lbs. and

was 11 3/4 inches long. He is named after my late father Jack, whose

birthday was on 11/18, and St. .

We appreciate all of your prayers and support over the last couple of

days. We are truly blessed to have such wonderful family and friends!

Your prayers have been felt and we are so thankful to have had the

opportunity to spend time holding Jack before we lay him to rest.

It is a comfort to know that we were able to baptize him and he is with

our Heavenly Father.

He will be buried today, Thursday, in the cemetery behind St. 's of

Pine Bluff Catholic Church. We are having a graveside Christian burial

for him at 4 pm.

We are so grateful for all of your love and support.

May God bless each of you,

Jeff & Caroline Skalsky

We leave you with this beautiful prayer from Mother :

Why, my Lord—dare I ask why? It will not hear the whisper of the wind or

see the beauty of its parents’ face—it will not see the beauty of Your

creation or the flame of a sunrise. Why, my Lord?

“Why, My child—do you ask ‘why’? Well, I will tell you why.

You see, the child lives. Instead of the wind he hears the sound of

angels singing before My throne. Instead of the beauty that passes he

sees everlasting Beauty—he sees My face. He was created and lived a

short time so the image of his parents imprinted on his face may stand

before Me as their personal intercessor. He knows secrets of heaven

unknown to men on earth. He laughs with a special joy that only the

innocent possess. My ways are not the ways of man. I create for My

Kingdom and each creature fills a place in that Kingdom that could not

be filled by another. He was created for My joy and his parents’ merits.

He has never seen pain or sin. He has never felt hunger or pain. I

breathed a soul into a seed, made it grow and called it forth.â€

I am humbled before you, my Lord, for questioning Your wisdom, goodness,

and love. I speak as a fool—forgive me. I acknowledge Your sovereign

rights over life and death. I thank You for the life that began for so

short a time to enjoy so long an Eternity. -- Mother M.

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[Guest guest]

Audrey (Davey’s mom) is doing well. She and San and the kids

came to the States a couple of years ago,  stayed at my house for a couple of

days, and we got together with Carol in Chicago. They are planning to come back

to the States to visit relatives in June of 2009, and I hope to be able to

visit with her then as well.

Audrey is teaching, San is the principal (or some high level

administrator) in a local school. My oldest son, , got to go to Singapore

to speak at a conference several months ago, and he met up with Audrey and San

and their kids for a couple of evenings while he was there and they showed him

the sights;-)

Kathy

From:

DownSyndromeInfoExchange

[mailto:DownSyndromeInfoExchange ] On Behalf Of ~

Romero~

Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 10:31 PM

To: DownSyndromeInfoExchange

Subject: Re: *Re: [DownSyndromeInfoExchange] Heidi and Audrey ??

Hi

,

No

I have not spoken to her in forever ! I have a photo frame Heidi

sent me after Cams funeral, and it is on display in my living room with a

photo of Audrey in a newborn dress that was the first outfit was wearing

the first time we got to hold him. I sent it to her when she was

expecting. It is one of the photos that I pack and take every

time we have to evacuate for a hurricane.

    

 Jules

Romero

-- Skalsky Baby

It is with sadness and joy to inform you that our

stillborn son, Jack

, was born on Wednesday 11/19 at 5:46 am. He

weighed 1.94 lbs. and

was 11 3/4 inches long. He is named after my late father

Jack, whose

birthday was on 11/18, and St. .

We appreciate all of your prayers and support over the

last couple of

days. We are truly blessed to have such wonderful family

and friends!

Your prayers have been felt and we are so thankful to

have had the

opportunity to spend time holding Jack before we

lay him to rest.

It is a comfort to know that we were able to baptize him

and he is with

our Heavenly Father.

He will be buried today, Thursday, in the cemetery

behind St. 's of

Pine Bluff Catholic Church. We are having a graveside

Christian burial

for him at 4 pm.

We are so grateful for all of your love and support.

May God bless each of you,

Jeff & Caroline Skalsky

We leave you with this beautiful prayer from Mother

:

Why, my Lord—dare I ask why? It will not hear the

whisper of the wind or

see the beauty of its parents’ face—it will not see the

beauty of Your

creation or the flame of a sunrise. Why, my Lord?

“Why, My child—do you ask ‘why’? Well, I will tell you

why.

You see, the child lives. Instead of the wind he hears

the sound of

angels singing before My throne. Instead of the beauty

that passes he

sees everlasting Beauty—he sees My face. He was created

and lived a

short time so the image of his parents imprinted on his

face may stand

before Me as their personal intercessor. He knows secrets

of heaven

unknown to men on earth. He laughs with a special joy

that only the

innocent possess. My ways are not the ways of man. I

create for My

Kingdom and each creature fills a place in that Kingdom

that could not

be filled by another. He was created for My joy and his

parents’ merits.

He has never seen pain or sin. He has never felt hunger

or pain. I

breathed a soul into a seed, made it grow and called it

forth.â€

I am humbled before you, my Lord, for questioning Your

wisdom, goodness,

and love. I speak as a fool—forgive me. I acknowledge

Your sovereign

rights over life and death. I thank You for the life

that began for so

short a time to enjoy so long an Eternity. -- Mother M.

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[Guest guest]



Thanks for the update. I often think wonder/think about them, too. Audrey was one of the first people I "met" through the Downs-Heart list when I was getting ready to bring Kit home. It's good to hear they are doing well.

Jill

Mom to Mac & Kit

Skalsky Baby

It is with sadness and joy to inform you that our stillborn son, Jack

, was born on Wednesday 11/19 at 5:46 am. He weighed 1.94 lbs. and

was 11 3/4 inches long. He is named after my late father Jack, whose

birthday was on 11/18, and St. .

We appreciate all of your prayers and support over the last couple of

days. We are truly blessed to have such wonderful family and friends!

Your prayers have been felt and we are so thankful to have had the

opportunity to spend time holding Jack before we lay him to rest.

It is a comfort to know that we were able to baptize him and he is with

our Heavenly Father.

He will be buried today, Thursday, in the cemetery behind St. 's of

Pine Bluff Catholic Church. We are having a graveside Christian burial

for him at 4 pm.

We are so grateful for all of your love and support.

May God bless each of you,

Jeff & Caroline Skalsky

We leave you with this beautiful prayer from Mother :

Why, my Lord—dare I ask why? It will not hear the whisper of the wind or

see the beauty of its parents’ face—it will not see the beauty of Your

creation or the flame of a sunrise. Why, my Lord?

“Why, My child—do you ask ‘why’? Well, I will tell you why.

You see, the child lives. Instead of the wind he hears the sound of

angels singing before My throne. Instead of the beauty that passes he

sees everlasting Beauty—he sees My face. He was created and lived a

short time so the image of his parents imprinted on his face may stand

before Me as their personal intercessor. He knows secrets of heaven

unknown to men on earth. He laughs with a special joy that only the

innocent possess. My ways are not the ways of man. I create for My

Kingdom and each creature fills a place in that Kingdom that could not

be filled by another. He was created for My joy and his parents’ merits.

He has never seen pain or sin. He has never felt hunger or pain. I

breathed a soul into a seed, made it grow and called it forth.â€

I am humbled before you, my Lord, for questioning Your wisdom, goodness,

and love. I speak as a fool—forgive me. I acknowledge Your sovereign

rights over life and death. I thank You for the life that began for so

short a time to enjoy so long an Eternity. -- Mother M.

------------------------------------

[Guest guest]



Thanks for letting me know , it good to hear they are getting on with things and that you still have contact.

I don't know if I will every forget Davy and Camryn. They were such sweet little babies with brave wonderful parents

----- Original Messagre --

From: Kathy Ratkiewicz

To: DownSyndromeInfoExchange

Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 4:16 AM

Subject: RE: *Re: [DownSyndromeInfoExchange] Heidi and Audrey ??

Audrey (Davey’s mom) is doing well. She and San and the kids came to the States a couple of years ago, stayed at my house for a couple of days, and we got together with Carol in Chicago. They are planning to come back to the States to visit relatives in June of 2009, and I hope to be able to visit with her then as well.

Audrey is teaching, San is the principal (or some high level administrator) in a local school. My oldest son, , got to go to Singapore to speak at a conference several months ago, and he met up with Audrey and San and their kids for a couple of evenings while he was there and they showed him the sights;-)

Kathy

From: DownSyndromeInfoExchange [mailto:DownSyndromeInfoExchange ] On Behalf Of ~ Romero~Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 10:31 PMTo: DownSyndromeInfoExchange Subject: Re: *Re: [DownSyndromeInfoExchange] Heidi and Audrey ??

Hi ,

No I have not spoken to her in forever ! I have a photo frame Heidi sent me after Cams funeral, and it is on display in my living room with a photo of Audrey in a newborn dress that was the first outfit was wearing the first time we got to hold him. I sent it to her when she was expecting. It is one of the photos that I pack and take every time we have to evacuate for a hurricane.

    

 Jules

Romero

-- *Re: [DownSyndromeInfoExchange] Heidi and Audrey ??



Hi , Kathy ,

Do you know how Heidi and Audrey are doing ???? I was just thinking of them both two weeks ago when I was visiting a friend who lost a child recently. Actually I think of Davy a lot still. That hit hard.

Skalsky Baby

It is with sadness and joy to inform you that our stillborn son, Jack

, was born on Wednesday 11/19 at 5:46 am. He weighed 1.94 lbs. and

was 11 3/4 inches long. He is named after my late father Jack, whose

birthday was on 11/18, and St. .

We appreciate all of your prayers and support over the last couple of

days. We are truly blessed to have such wonderful family and friends!

Your prayers have been felt and we are so thankful to have had the

opportunity to spend time holding Jack before we lay him to rest.

It is a comfort to know that we were able to baptize him and he is with

our Heavenly Father.

He will be buried today, Thursday, in the cemetery behind St. 's of

Pine Bluff Catholic Church. We are having a graveside Christian burial

for him at 4 pm.

We are so grateful for all of your love and support.

May God bless each of you,

Jeff & Caroline Skalsky

We leave you with this beautiful prayer from Mother :

Why, my Lord—dare I ask why? It will not hear the whisper of the wind or

see the beauty of its parents’ face—it will not see the beauty of Your

creation or the flame of a sunrise. Why, my Lord?

“Why, My child—do you ask ‘why’? Well, I will tell you why.

You see, the child lives. Instead of the wind he hears the sound of

angels singing before My throne. Instead of the beauty that passes he

sees everlasting Beauty—he sees My face. He was created and lived a

short time so the image of his parents imprinted on his face may stand

before Me as their personal intercessor. He knows secrets of heaven

unknown to men on earth. He laughs with a special joy that only the

innocent possess. My ways are not the ways of man. I create for My

Kingdom and each creature fills a place in that Kingdom that could not

be filled by another. He was created for My joy and his parents’ merits.

He has never seen pain or sin. He has never felt hunger or pain. I

breathed a soul into a seed, made it grow and called it forth.â€

I am humbled before you, my Lord, for questioning Your wisdom, goodness,

and love. I speak as a fool—forgive me. I acknowledge Your sovereign

rights over life and death. I thank You for the life that began for so

short a time to enjoy so long an Eternity. -- Mother M.

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