Edelweiss

After a feeding, Valerie was fussing and wriggling in my arms last night. The moment I started to sing Edelweiss, she stopped her fussing and her big round eyes looked up to me. Staring at me was a very calm, and angelic face. I had to hold my tears... otherwise my Edelweiss would have gone out of tune. And slowly, Valerie dozed off to sleep.

Edelweiss was one of the few songs that I could remember the full lyrics and was sang to Valerie at night to get her to sleep - either walking around or sitting in the rocking chair. I only changed one part of the original lyrics, the word "homeland" at the end to "pinky" - my nickname for Valerie.

This is one of those moments that is carved in my brain. A memory of my little Valerie that I will cherish forever.