Xue-Ming Bao
Hi David,
Today is your 32nd birthday, Dad and I wish you the very best birthday in the heaven!
How are you doing there? I miss you very much, especially on those special days. Sometimes I just comfort myself by thinking that heaven is the best destination to be and we will meet again one day. Othertimes I feel sad and empty in facing the reality that you were gone. I remember clearly that day when your dad drove me to the hospital on October 31 before the dawn. The doctor came to check on me and was not expecting to delivery a baby on Halloween's. After many pushes, I was so exhausted. Suddenly I heard someone in the delivery room said it's a boy with elephant ears. Your dad told me the news that our baby has all the fingers and toes.
Since then, Halloween has a special meaning in our family. We enjoyed this holiday and celebrated your birthday year after year. Then suddenly things got changed. There were times when I was not sure if I could continue. But gradually I came out of the woods with the help from your dad, my doctor, our relatives and friends. I know that you always wish me to live happily.
Year 2020 is a very tough one. Covid-19 viruses have spreat the entire world and became a pandemic. So many families lost loved ones. Sometimes I thought that heaven is the best and the safest place where there is no deadly viruses, no diseases, none of the problems that the people on the earth have to face everyday...
I am in China now with your grandma who had a hip-replacement surgery. She asked me almost everyday how David is doing? Has he have a girlfriend? How often David came to visit you? Why hasn't David called me in such a long time? I didn't tell her the sad news. It will be too brutal for her to face the reality. But we all miss you very much!
Wish you a wonderful happy birthday from all of us on the earth!
Love,
Mom
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Janet
Bless you Mr. and Mrs. Wishing you guys all the best.
Wendy Tao
Hugs,
Wendy
Wendy Tao
Today is your 35th BD. How are you in the heaven? Hope all is well and wish you are a happy 35th Birthday!
I miss you. The memory of your birth is still do vivid. It was a Sunday night, I was studying for my next day exam and planned to take off after Monday's exam. Shortly after I went to bed at midnight, my waterbag got broken。Your dad rushed me to the the hospital. I went through a lot of backpain and finally you were born in the afternoon. The nurse in the delivery room announced that It's a boy with elephant ears with exciting voices. Your dad came over and told that it's a healthy baby. I was exhausted but was so glad to see you. We named you David because we love it's meaning "be loved". Thank you for the good memories you brought to me and our family over the years.
Happy 35th Birthday!
Love,
Mom
Wendy Tao
Today is the 5th anniversary of your passing。 How are you in the heaven? Dad and I miss you very much and wish all is well with you!
Many things have happened during the past year. The biggest thing was that Dad had an open heart surgery. Dad has recovered well and started back to work in June.
I was backing and forth between taking care of your grandma and your Dad.
On this special day today, Dad took the afternoon off to join me for a memorial service。 According to Chinese culture, I cooked some food for you: fried labster noodle, mushroom tufu, asparagus。I made a flower basket with the flower cuttings from our balcony。We light up candles to memorize you and pray for you to be happy and healthy in the heaven. I hope that you had the opportunity to come over visiting us or watching us from the heaven。
Someday Dad and I were seated around the kitchen table, I had the fantasy that you came back and said "Mom", the voice sounded so familiar... I know we will have that day when three of us meet in the heaven again. Until then, you take good care!
Love,
Mom