Heather

Born:
February 11, 1986

Flew to Heaven:
August 31, 1986

Heather is my cousin. I could not
create a memorial for my two sons
and not include their angel cousin. Heather
was born with a rare genetic disorder
called Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome. It occurs
when both parents are carriers, and both
pass the gene on to their baby.
As was previously stated it is rare,
occuring in approximately 1 in 20,000 births
in the United States. Heather was
not here with us for very long,
but she touched a lot of hearts in
her all to brief stay. I was
fifteen years old when Heather was born. I can still
remember the night she left us. I
was staying with my Grandmother, who broke down in tears
when she was told Heather was gone.
I remember her crying out "No"
I also remember that everyone thought I shouldn't
attend the funeral. To this day
I don't know why, I was fifteen,
I was old enough, I guess everyone else though I wasn't.