November 5th marked the 3-year anniversary of the day our Baby Thérèse went to heaven.  That day, we wanted to do a few special things to remember and honor our family’s little saint.

First, we took a family trip to the cemetery where Thérèse is buried.  We arrived just as the sun was beginning to go down.

To our pleasant surprise, the cemetery had recently redone the area dedicated to babies.  It was absolutely beautiful!

Before leaving their roses behind, each of the 3 kids gave Thérèse little updates on what’s new in their worlds.  We’re not sure what Harry said, but his face was very animated, and he used a lot of hand gestures!  Afterward, we said a few prayers together as a family.

Leaving their roses at the statue of St. Rachel weeping for her children.

We wanted to start a new tradition this year that would both honor Thérèse and celebrate life.  We were inspired by our friends who have a similar tradition to honor their daughter.  We looked at the birth records in the newspaper to find out who had the first baby girl born on November 5th.  I asked my very talented friend Rakhi to create a beautiful custom print of a quote from St. Thérèse of Lisieux with a pink rose border.  (Check out Rakhi’s Etsy shop, Signs of Love by RakstarDesigns!)

We put the print in a beautiful frame and mailed it to the family with a card assuring them of our prayers.  I like to imagine the print in the baby’s nursery as a reminder that we have countless opportunities to love and serve each other.  Hopefully Thérèse is somehow blessing that family the way she has blessed ours.

We love you and carry you with us everyday, Thérèse.

St. Thérèse, pray for us!