Our little boy - Solomon Paul

Today we named and buried our little boy in our back garden. We included the boys and had a short time where we announced the name to Lili who lives with us and Mark said a short prayer to thank God for his life. The boys helped fill in the hole and Daniel said 'This is a happy day!' when he had finished organizing the soil. When asked why he said 'Because we have buried Solomon Paul. We are not sad any more.' It is true that there is a sense of finishing all the details of the last few days - we certainly understood what he was trying to say even if it is not true that we are not sad anymore! Later on today we planted some flowers of top of where he was buried.

We have named him Solomon Paul.

Solomon because it means 'Peace, wholeness, completeness (shalom)' and because we know that he is at peace with Jesus in heaven now and because of the peace we have felt over the last few days.

Paul because a friend of ours had a dream the day I found out I was pregnant (before I had told anyone!) and she said that he was a little boy called Paul. Paul means 'little man' and that seems appropriate.

Little Solomon we never got to see you grow up but we know we will meet you again one day and that you are in the best hands!