Blessings to Molly

I love the name Molly------ not only is it fabulous in its own right but takes me back some years to when my youngest daughter was of 'doll age'. One of her favorite dolls was Molly McIntire from the American Girls collection. She loved Molly to pieces and I sewed clothes for that doll all the time, she was the glasses wearing plastic equivalent of Heidi Klum I think!

photo American Girls

I would be surprised to know that several of our lovely brides did not have a Molly doll of their own!

Molly today has another meaning to me and to 4 Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep Photographers that went out with Bobbi last night on an 'angel session'. Different from many of the sessions that the local NILMDTS organizationreceives, Molly had been born two weeks ago and was in the NICU where the photographers met her. This sweet baby and her parents did have photos taken as a remembrance of this child's all too short life here on earth but the evening proved to be so much more.

When Bobbi came in from the session last night, she was full of the joy that Molly brought, and to hear her tell it, the joy remains today. You see, Molly had a wonderful purpose in her brief life, among many we will not know- one we do. She was a teacher for the ultimate good of so many babies to come. It is not often that NILMDTS babies are living, much less with the absolute sparkle that Molly had. This baby with her personable little way made it possible for several photographers to learn how to incorporate their gift for photography with how to handle sessions for angel babies and their families. Molly's parents were equal amounts of generosity, love, and kindness. Their gift was also enormous, nearly palpable. Hearing Bobbi tell the story I know one thing for absolute truth................ Molly will never be forgotten. She will live on in the lives of those who met her, to the photographers gathered in the NICU last evening, and to those of us who have heard the story. To a brave family and a little girl who taught us more than we knew was possible, we send blessings.