The power of 7

Those of you who are in Vancouver and have seen me since Ella's passing know about the power of 7. For those of you who are away, here is the scoop: Ella was a perfect 7...

She was born on August 7
At 5:47am
Weighing 5 lbs, 7 oz
Wearing bracelet 1446271
From a dad born on a 16
And a mom born on a 29
And being conceived on a 27th

Her birth certificate, social insurance and BC Healthcare numbers all have 7s

Her symptoms started on a 7th

Once in ICU she was admitted to bed 17

Her parent's first evening out since being admitted to the hospital was for a benefit for BCCH on Jan. 29

The second time was out for Mom and Das was Feb. 11 at 7pm
For a Giants Hockey game

The third time was on Feb. 27 at 7:30pm
And I was seated in seat 4 of row 3 for another Giants game

The fourth time was March 7
For a Cancuks hockey game at 7pm
Seating in row 7
In seat 3 and 4

Ella passed away on March 27
at 8:07am
At 7 months +
In beds 17/18

The first donation in her memory was over $700

She was laid to rest on April 7
At 10:30 am
Weighing 7.09 kilos

On August 7, she turned 1
Her happy birthday wishes were published on page B7 of the Vancouver Sun

On August 17, at the golf trounament in Ella's memory I had a meltdown on hole 16
And my best hole of the day on hole 17

Ella's Facebook bereavement page currently has 7 members

So what does this all mean? There are so many more occurences of 7 around her and I as remember them, I'll be sure to update this posting. As one of my friends pointed out to me, 7 is the biblical number of perfection. Ella was and still is a perfect 7!