Day 26 Nov 8

I have a special anniversary coming up. On Monday, November 11, my friend and I celebrate our 16th anniversary. We call it that, because, very simply, it is the day that we met. 16 years ago, my oldest son was in Doernbecher's Children's Hospital in Portland, OR. A few days after he was admitted, a baby girl came in having seizures. She had just been born, and was assigned to our 'pod'. A pod was a room that held up to 4 babies. I started sending notes to the baby girl 'from' my son, and a friendship began. We have been through so many things together, this baby girl's mom and me. We have been through marriages, divorces, births of other children and the loss of both of our sweet angels that brought us together. Today, I sent her a package for our anniversary. Tradition dictates silver for the 16th. I found a cute silver journal and silver pen for her. I even was so kind as so write some witty remarks on random pages of the journal for her so that she has some feedback when she writes-lol.