A mother shared her pain, love and hope for her stillborn female twins in a touching post on social media.
Isabelle Benavidez started her lengthy message with the very deep sense of loss as she buried her twins.
“Yesterday we finally put our girls to rest. It was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do. I just kept thinking how much I wanted to jump in the casket with them or how much I wanted to sleep next to them in the dirt,” she said.
The memorial service was flooded with their favorite songs and pink flowers, she described.
She added, “It was so beautiful. My girls deserved every bit of it. My girls deserve so much more though. I wish I could give them the world.”
Benavidez cried, “I shouldn’t be burying my babies. I should be holding them every night. All I can do is visit them. It’s not fair. Life isn’t fair but I can’t hold on to them forever. They need to be laid to rest with Jesus.”
She said that she has angels now in heaven, looking after the family: “I know they are watching over us. I know they are flying around in heaven, making everything a little more perfect. A lot more perfect. They were too perfect for this world.”
Then she expressed her gratitude for the short time she spent with her children: “Thank you my beautiful baby angels for being so patient with mommy while I carried y’all in my belly. Thank you for giving us so much joy and bringing our families together to become one. Lastly, thank you for being my daughters and for making me a mommy. Mommy and daddy will miss y’all forever.”
And, the assurance that a mother’s love never ends: “We love y’all to the moon and back. We love y’all 3000. We love y’all more than all the stars in the sky and in the galaxy. Save a spot for us in heaven my loves.”
