In early 2009 we learned we we're pregnant with our 4th child. As usually goes for my husband and I, we had a name very quickly. The difference this time was we had a middle name for a girl and a boy and so didn't know what the baby was.
Azariah Floyd
Azariah Rose Makayluh
Not too long after we shared our exciting news with family and friends, I started getting sick. I was in my 2nd trimester and this was unusual for me. I went to my appointment and they couldn't find the heart and decided to do an ultrasound. The ultrasound showed that there was a baby, but no heart beat. We were heart broken.
We had begun setting up the house for our new arrival and I had started collecting cute things that were unisex of course.
I had also started to knit a baby blanket.
All the cute things, as well as the blanket, yarn and needles went into a box. I added cards as they came and my shirt from the March of Dimes event the next year.
To keep the memory of this baby alive, we decided to go with Azariah Floyd, I decided to make that my Ravelry name.
At the time most of my work was being donated. Moslty to the hospital where my boys were born. I designed and knit or crocheted bereavement clothes for tiny tiny babies. This would give families the opportunity to have a nice picture of a baby they lost. I had be doing this ministry for 6 years before my loss.
About a year later I learned about knitted and could no longer make the tiny items to gauge. So I took it as the Lord moving me on. Move on I have. I spin, dye, design, knit, crochrt, weave, design and teach. We moved to the county to have fiber animals and I have learned to really cook and can.
A couple of weeks ago at church one of the pastors announced that he had become a grandfather. The baby boy's name is Azariah. The Lord it's time. I took that box down from it's high self and with eyes closed removed the blanket and yarn. Over the next two weeks I finished that blanket, for Azariah. I will be giving it to him this Wednesday night at church.
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