Looking Ahead While Looking Behind
Ava Camille Lamson was born at 11:30 pm on March 13. You might at first wonder if her name has anything to do with old movie stars like Ava Gardner or perhaps it's an old family name. If you had guessed either one of these, you would have been wrong. Ava is a variation of the name Eve which means life. Ava's parents had 2 marvelous, complex, beautiful children. In addition to this girl and boy there were 2 children who never lived into the second trimester of their mother's pregnancy. Henry and Grace are the 2 oldest survivors and they always. leave visible reminders of their presence, legos, Marvel posters, and Thomas the tank engine train tracks. The two who did not make it left invisible scars on the couple who will never know what it would mean to parent these children. Jessica's first pregnancy produced a lively girl. The second pregnancy ended in tears and unanswered questions. Pregnancy number 3 produced a larger than life all boy bundle of energy and su...