Friday 29 December 2017

Bitter sweet: Birth and Death Certificates.

Well, it's official. And it's bitter sweet: Her birth and death certificates.
Holly Rose officially lived, and officially died.

And she "officially" (according to the necessary wording of her death certificate), lived to one hour old. Except that she didn't. And it somehow seems unbearably callous to "round up" her fleeting fifteen minutes, granting her four times the length of time on earth than she actually spent here. And then consigning her to history's records for all eternity, as if that one hour was factually correct. But so it must be.

It is comforting to see her name in print, at least. She was here. She was real. And she was loved.


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