Happy Birthday in heaven 💙🎄

So my dad passed away 2 years ago. My daughter was 4 months old, and he had been planning to come visit us to meet her,, but he passed before he could. The day I lost him, a light went out in my life. She has his eyes, and seeing that same warmth and light in her helped me see that he was still with me. Little by little, I moved forward, though I still missed him.

Last year, on his birthday, I found out I was pregnant. My due date was August 20th... he had passed away August 21st. My pregnancy without him was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. On the worst nights, I would fall asleep and dream of my dad sitting on the floor of his living room, playing with a little boy. He would love on him and kiss him and tell him stories about my childhood. I wasn’t surprised at all when my “surprise” baby was announced at birth to be a baby boy at his birth. My dad had been taking care of my boy for me the whole 9 months.

And so here we are... a year later and my 4 month old little boy is here in my arms now, and it’s my dad’s birthday. I know my dad is still with us, watching my little ones grow. And so I used a template to design this, so that I could have a picture of them together 💙🎄