Tomorrow, Savvy's Madrina Rosie has a birthday.  I know I am a day early but the last few nights I have been up thinking about how amazing her friendship is.  You see...2 years ago I completely forgot about Rosie's birthday...not a birthday present in sight, not a card...not even a Happy Birthday.

Instead....a week and a half before her birthday I called her and told her we had to have an emergency baptism for Savvy.  I asked her to fly in from Texas ... without hesitation I get an email confirmation with her flight information in my mailbox.  She told me not take Savvy anywhere that she would take care of the baptismal gown..she did not want her out of the house and exposed to anything that could make her sick.  She knew that this was expedited by our priest and it was the first step in having my child ... it is even hard to type 2 years later but I knew if Savvy was going to pass away that  I wanted her baptized and for her to receive her last rights.  I felt that I was given the time to prepare and if I could not help her body...I am not going to go down this path for it was our reality and I don't care to relive it today.

If you have followed my blog then you know the day of her baptism was a mess.  For those that are recent readers of this blog I will give you a quick run down.  Rosie stayed at our friends house who decided to attend an engagement party we had been invited to that morning.  She left Rosie alone in her apartment and did not say a word to her (I knew of the engagement party because I too was invited). So hours before the event Rosie is in a panic because she had no car and had the gown and our friend would not answer her phone.  To make a long story short I was in the church waiting for her Rosie who dependent on our friend and was very late....no worries though because the priest that was to perform the Baptism thought Savannah had died and did not show up.  Yup....did not show up.

When Rosie arrived we put Savannah in her gown.  We had called the church offices several times and the day just became frustrating...I sat in a pew with my yellow baby crying.  After a few hours people started to come into the church for mass...the priest came with a look of shock in his face to see me holding my child.... we arranged to have Savvy baptized after the mass.

After the baptism we went back to our house and had dinner with our family and then everyone went on their way.  Rosie tells me later she left devasted because she could see how sick Savvy was...not once did Rosie let me see her fear...she just loved...

It was not until days later that I realized that I had asked Rosie to fly down on her birthday and I never even acknowledged her birthday.  When I said something to her about this all she said to me was that being Savannah's Madrina (Godmother) was her birthday gift.

Rosie you are our gift....you are so very special to me and Robert and to Savvy. Did you get the voicemail she left you the other day?  I will translate, "Madrina Rosie we have to go on the rollercoaster and then on the bouncy bouncy because it was so much fun.  Madrina Rosie Love You"....yes...months later Savvy still spontaneously says those same words to me out of the blue...so I thought she should call and tell you.

Madrina Rosie...Love You.

My Friend Rosie...Love You.

Rosalva Richardson...Happy Birthday!