"No parent should have to bury their own child."

Thus says Theoden, King of Rohan, in the hit movie Lord of the Rings. Theoden grieves while standing next to the grave of his son, who died in the war against Saruman. It is unnatural, he continues, children are meant to grow up, and grow old. They will bury their parents.

Only those who had lost a young child could ever understand our pain. No one can even try to imagine. This is the sweet little angelic girl, whom we bathed with the most sensitive soap, covered her with the softest blanket, donned her with the prettiest dress. And then there she was - lifeless, her illness had finally taken over her. She had gone, a few months before she blows her 8th birthday candle.

We will have Christmas day, but her chair will be empty. Her birthday will come in March, and she will not be here to blow her birthday candles, there will be no small fingers that will dip into her favorite candy cake. The house is cold, there is no laughter, and no cry to be heard.

While a parent normally tucks their child to bed, we will spend countless nights without her by our side. She will not be here, to be kissed, to be embraced, to be loved by her parents and family.

In loving memory of Baby girl Maui, March 29, 2001 - November 24, 2008

We love you so much, honeybee.

Maui and me

More pictures next time!

Hi, welcome!

This site is dedicated to a very special little girl called Jessica Marie, fondly known to loved ones and family as Baby Girl Maui.

This is baby Maui when she was about four years old.

Maui had a lot of birth problems. As an aftermath of seven brain surgeries in her first two years, she does not talk, sit, eat, or move significantly. She's like a living cute doll.

But she has an angelic smile, as you can see! and like an angel indeed, she turns to gold everything she touches -- our lives.

Maui was diagnosed also to have bilateral hearing loss, and that she only has light vision. Although, she knows when her Aunt Opie is around or not, and she wakes up at the sound of her voice. Hmmm looks like baby Maui has some out-of-this-world connection with her greatest fan, her Aunt Opie, or Tita Opie.

With baby Maui touching our lives, does she know, I wonder, how much we love her? Does she know how happy she makes, just to see her out of danger, living each day like an angel, smiling then sleeping?

Does she know that she is my source of strength when the trials are overwhelming? Does she know when I want to give up in life, the mere thought of her keeps me going?

If she does not know, if she cannot possibly know, I would like to invite her nurses, doctors, and friends to write here on this site the sweet experiences they have with this little girl, so that the world will know.

Baby Maui, the sweetest angel in our lives, we love you so much.

I wish you know that.