Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:50:49 +0100 (CET)                                     
From: Vesna Manojlovic                                     
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Subject: Thank you for remembering Olivia                                                                                                                       

Dear friends,                                                                                                                                                   
It's been a month since we got, and lost, Olivia.                                                                                                               
Thank you so much for being with us during these difficult times.                                                                                               
Thank you for your support - in your emails, phone calls, cards and             
letters; thank you for the flowers; for visits; for your kind words, and        
hugs; for prayers; for coming to the ceremony; for your offers to help;         
and for your warm feelings and positive thoughts that are surrounding us        
and helping us to deal with our pain, and bringing us happiness that is         
also part of life.                                                                                                                                              
(I am sorry that I can not answer to each one personally - but I am really                                                                                      

grateful to all of you who have responded and reached to us ! )                                                                                                 
Many of you asked me "how did it all happen?". I wrote a lot about all the      
events before and after, and about ceremony, and it's all on the web-page       
for Olivia:                                                                                                                                                     
http://www.xs4all.nl/~becha/olivia/                                                                                                                             
In all this shock, pain and sadness, I was still lucky enough about many        
things:                                                                         
- at least I knew in advance, before I gave birth, that the baby is dead        
(it would have been much worse to only find out afterwards )                    
- I managed to have a natural, fast and easy delivery                           
- I saw, held and kept Olivia with me as much as possible                       
- I didn't have lot of problems with stopping the milk                          
- Camiel was with me through all of this                                        
- I was physically strong and healthy enough to cope with it all    
- I still have "maternity leave" till May, and only then I'll start             
working                                                                         
- I had a lot of help and support from family, friends, colleagues (and         
professionals)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Since then, we are trying to get used to the new situation: we prepared         
everything for the new person in our life, and she is not with us now. But      
the life must go on... We have to take care of ourselves, and to enjoy our      
lovely children, and each other.                                                                                                                                
And we should enjoy you, our friends - so if you would like to visit, the       
details are:                                                                    
Andreas Schelfhoutstraat 43-HS, 1058HS, A'dam; 020-6256553 (0621258191)         
Please be proper Dutch and announce yourself ;-)                                
(I should still be resting, and therefore max. one visit per day is             
doctor's order ;                                       
or I may be away, since I started going out of the house - also doctor's        
order)                                                                                                                                                          
In hope of seeing you soon,                                                     
Vesna, Camiel, Alisa & Charlie