heaven

heaven has gained an angel today. Gavin David Bruce Norton. only 2 months old.

when i received the news my heart dropped to my toes and i cried. i haven't stopped crying. i buried my head in gwen's fluffy hair and squeezed her so tight... i kissed addi's face over and over, so grateful to see it another day. so grateful to know nat will see gavin's face... both of her gavins. but so overhwelmed with sorry for her grief...

grief is hard for me to put into words... and grief from loss, from death, is so poignant.

maybe it's like love.

because when you really love someone, the word "love" just doesn't cut it.

and when you lose someone you love, the words

sad

heartbroken

despair

grief

empty

anguish...

they don't really cut it either.

i had never really had anyone close to me die before this year. my grandmother passed away in june, then a few short weeks later my uncle bobby, her son, passed away too. and now little gavin... little baby gavin. i had caressed his air-soft cheeks. had kissed them. i had stroked his nose, smelled his hair. put my pinky in the palm of his tiny hands...

i watched his exhausted momma juggle life with 4 boys.

4 boys.

now 3...

and thank God, truly and literally, for those 3. those beautiful faces...

i know the gospel is true. i know that families are eternal. i know she will hold her baby Gavin again...

but until then, my heart sure is breaking for a dear friend and mother.

please continue to pray for Natalie and Richie Norton and their dear little family...

their fight for wellness is not over.

for cards, condolences, etc.

The Norton Family

55-691 Wahinepe'e Street

Laie, HI 96762

all images copyright natalienortonphoto.com