CHLOE HANNA BERND

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CHLOE HANNA BERND On Wednesday, June 7, 2006, Chloe died at the Health Sciences Centre. She is lying in my arms. I need constant reassurance that she is still breathing. For a blink of a very precious moment, it's just Chloe and her grandmother. What takes some getting used to is that I am her grandmother for a very short time. Chloe's life will be over soon. My heart is breaking; the sadness I am feeling is overwhelmingly unbearable. I marvel at her miniature perfection. Kiss her tiny fingers, stroke her silky sparse blonde hair. I stare at a beautiful face that I am trying to desperately memorize. I feel the tears streaming down my cheeks. I hear my deep gut wrenching sobs. I am in the middle of my life and Chloe should be at the beginning of hers. Chloe should be renewal and hope to all. She is a beautiful person who makes waves of love swirl through our lives as she holds us in her tiny grip. But none of this will happen as Chloe is in the last phase of her very short little life. For now she is gone. For all these reasons my tears keep coming. Good-bye our beautiful Chloe. No formal funeral service will be held. You are in our hearts forever. Love Mom, Carl, Grandpa Carl and Grandma Rita. Chloe's arrangements have been entrusted to the Family Owned Funeral Chapel of: WOJCIK'S ALL BELIEFS FAITHS FUNERAL CHAPEL CREMATORIUM 897 - 4665

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Jun 10, 2006