I can't believe how fast these past 4 years have gone by. It seems just like yesterday that we brought you home from the hospital. I remember praying a novena to St. Therese to be able to have just one more baby (actually, I'm still praying for one more baby) and getting a rose from the most unexpected person- our mechanic who was handing out roses all week in honor of St. Valentine's day. St. Therese has always been your special intercessor, but so have the poor souls in purgatory. During one of my pre-natal visits my OB told me he wanted me to have an epidural since you were our seventh child and my previous 5 births were unmedicated. I told him that I was not going to have an epidural because I was going to offer up the labor for the souls in purgatory. Little did I know that you would be born 11 days early on the feast of All Souls. We love you so much, Maria Therese Rose! May Our Lady and St. Therese shower you with many graces.



