Sweet Zachary

"Losing you wouldn't be so hard to take, If heaven wasn't so far away"

Zachary passed away on Saturday June 30, 2011 around 6am. He was 8 years, 8 months and 3 days old. The visitation was on Monday August 1, 2011 from 5pm-8pm, and the funeral was Wednesday August 3, 2011 at 10am. The funeral was beautiful and the pastor did a great job. I don't think there was a single dry eye in the entire church. And even though we were all so saddened, the pastor was able to share some stories of Zachary's life that gave us laughter. He shared the story of Zachary's last moments which gave us peace that he wasn't in pain, and was on his way to heaven.Even though he didn't beat it in the way we would have hoped, he finally beat the cancer and can finally rest in peace. He is now looking down "from the holes in the floor of heaven" upon our entire family. He is the family's guardian angel.

I was following a blog of a little 8 month old boy with a brain tumor who passed away in July, and the dad blogged something that has stuck in my head ever since, he said "At 3:50 P.M. Jamesie beat the tumor. We had our angel for eight months. That's a long time to spend with an angel." And i think that anyone who knew Zachary can attest that he was and still is our angle, and as this man said, the time we had with Zachary, 8 years 8 months and 3 days is a long time to spend with an angel. Some day, we will all see Zachary again, and until then he will continue to look down upon his family and give them guidance.

We love and miss you dearly, may you rest in peace.