I sat here for hours with the blank post in front of me wondering what I could possibly write.

How do you tell someone you adore that you’re sorry their precious daughter passed away?  How do you possibly put into words how much she meant to so many people?

A year later and I still can’t answer those questions.

It’s been one year since Madeline Sphor became an angel.

One year seems too long and yet not long enough at the same time.

Sweet precious Maddie, you may be gone, but you will never be forgotten.

Maddie’s parents have set up a wonderful charity in her memory.  The Friends of Maddie works to support parents who have critically ill children in NICU’s.  Speaking from personal experience, it is a vital and necessary charity.

Today, in memory of Maddie, our family will be sponsoring a family support pack through the Friends of Maddie.  I hope others will celebrate Maddie’s life in this way, as well.

You can also get a March for Maddie shirt, (Vista is wearing one in the picture below).  All proceeds support March of Dimes in their fight to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality.