Jonah's Rocking Chair

Today our dear friends Laura and Todd and Laura's parents donated a
beautiful rocking chair to the NICU where Jonah was born. 
Here are the words I shared with the nurses,
Laura, and Deva when we dedicate the rocker. 
 

Rocking Chair in honor of
Jonah Henry Solomon
Our little butterfly
 
March 3, 2013

The NICU – a place full of charged emotions – happiness for new beginnings, for babies being alive and surviving.  A place of fear – so many unknowns for these tiny fighters.  A place of bittersweet joy.  Usually a place to celebrate tiny victories, but sometimes a place of unimaginable sorrow.  In this place we have felt joy, we have celebrated tiny victories.  And we have felt fear and experienced something no parent should ever have to live through.  But through all of these emotions this place still exists.  The NICU offers the most critical care to the tiniest, most fragile patients.  It is an amazing place.  

Parents go through so much in this place…Whether they are holding their babies for the first time or the hundredth, it’s important that they have a special chair they can rock in and bond with their child.  We are so honored that our dear friends Laura and Todd, and Laura’s parents have donated this lovely rocker to the NICU in honor and memory of our son Jonah.  
  

Although our dear baby Jonah was only here for two days, the time we spent holding and rocking him were the most precious moments of our lives.  To know that there will be a rocking chair with our baby’s name on it here in the NICU is so special.  I know that when parents hold their tiny babies in Jonah’s chair they will be completely surrounded with the feeling of unconditional love and a connection to their child that is unlike anything else.

This rocking chair is a special throne for parents to embrace their tiny miracles.  Thank you so much to the Fulks’ and Goblinger’s for honoring our baby Jonah in such a generous way.  You are making a difference in the lives of other NICU families and I am honored for Jonah to be a part of their world.