This is a very special page to me.
I don't even have the words to describe how I felt when I received this email from Sarah,
so I would like to share it with all of you.

Haydee,

There's been something that I wanted to talk to you about and since you haven't called me yet, I'm going to write it out...Sorry, can't afford the phone bill to just call you! *L* Did you get the message where I said that I had something to tell you and you'd probably cry? Well...

I decided awhile back what I wanted Caden's name to be. I just had to get Matt talked into it. I didn't want to say anything in case we couldn't end up agreeing so I kept my mouth shut..and then went into labor! *L* I got Caden's middle name Michael from you. I explained to Matt that if the baby had been a girl, I would have named her after Ashleigh...But since it was a boy, all of a sudden a thought popped into my head, and it just seemed really right. You're the first person I really started talking to all the time online who had lost a sibling. We made our websites together, and I don't even know how many nights we stayed up emailing back and forth about what html code did what, not to mention everything else. Joining the teen group was so good for me...It was so wonderful to finally have the kind of support that we all need.

Later I joined the adult group and you put me in charge of the teen group, along with helping you with the other....I honestly don't know what I would have done without you. I don't know how many times you've called me over the last 4 years....how many times you've emailed me to talk about any and all problems that were going on in my life....How many times you've been disappointed for me when things didn't work out and happy for me when they finally did. You even helped with my wedding! Even though you couldn't be there, you made sure that you helped me and everything was so beautiful...Only you would call Indiana from Florida on your cell phone to ask about what color unity candle I might like best! :)

So to me it seems very fitting that I should name my first born son Caden Michael. In your brother Michael's memory...But also in honor of the best and most supportive friend I've ever had in my life and could ever hope to have. I think that we will be in each other's lives for a very long time, and I also truly believe that we were meant to come together and become friends...That Ashleigh and Michael know each other in Heaven and watch over the 2 of us together....And that they both met my baby before he arrived here on Earth to start his life with me.

I love you,
Sarah

I met Sarah about 4 years ago and we've been friends ever since. At different times I've felt like her Mom, her sister, her best friend..........and to think that we met because of the loss of our siblings. Who would ever think that a friendship like this would turn out because of such a horrible tragedy in our lives?

Haydee