Caroline Grace- January 8, 1999

 This is my little sister only days after she was born. Though she was only 2.5 pounds and had arrived long before we were ready for her to be here...she was a little fighter and was only on the ventilator for a day or two out of her three weeks of being hospitalized.

You can see the arm holding her up is swallowing her because she is so tiny. That is my mom's hand. Though I don't remember everything about those three weeks, I do remember my mom being at the hospital daily and being so thrilled when Caroline Grace finally got to come home.

This is a picture of the three of us from last Easter. On the left is my sister, Susanna who is 16, I am in the middle and on the end is our sweet Caroline who is no longer the frail one. She is smart, funny and very talented, and though I don't remember for certain it would be safe to assume that Susanna and I are laughing at something Caroline Grace had just said.