The End of April...

As a teacher, I typically get very excited when the end of April arrives.  It means one more month of school...then the glorious summer!  This year, as the days of April ticked down...I felt a great deal of sadness and loss. 
From the limited information we have received up to this point, it seems Malachi's birthday is in April.  So, as May started, I was saddened to realize that I missed my little boy's first birthday.  We will never have the chance to sing "Happy Birthday" for the first time.  We will never have those "First Birthday" photos that I have for my other children. 

I hope that across the ocean someone sung to my son.  I hope he got to stick his fingers in a cake.  I hope he had a wonderful day celebrating the day of his birth. 

Most of all, I look forward to his next birthday...when we can celebrate his birthday together as a family!