Meet Henry

Meet Henry

Henry's Story

Henry Leland Seretta was born on April 14, 2014. This little monster invaded our hearts even before he was born. He was a completely healthy and happy baby, until he started getting an ear infection and colds in mid-October. We finally got rid of the ear infection, but the cold symptoms never fully disappeared. Over the weekend of November 8 & 9, Henry got significantly sicker. He was admitted to Children's Hospital in Omaha on November 10, 2014, and was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia on November 11, 2014. He fought hard for nearly two weeks, before passing away on November 22, 2014. This blog depicts our journey through the grief of losing Henry. If you would like to read more about his medical journey, you can visit his CaringBridge page. More photos and community posts can be found at our Hope for Henry Facebook page. Thank you for sharing this journey with us!

Saturday, July 16, 2016

To my husband on his birthday

To my dear husband,

I am so grateful that you were born an undisclosed number of years ago (a lady never discusses someone's age, and we both know what a lady I am...) It may have taken me many of those years to find you, but you were more than worth the wait.

Before you, I dated, I had boyfriends, I even had boyfriends that I thought I might marry one day.  I shed many tears when relationships ended, and often thought I would never find the perfect man for me.  I planned on becoming a cat lady, even though I really am more of a dog person, because I didn't want to admit that I was a bit lonely...that I was missing my other half.  Then one day, you invited yourself to coffee, and before I knew it, I had found my missing half.

There are so many great things about you I could probably fill a book.  But the thing I love the most about you is that you love me...and you love me just the way I am.  You don't wish I looked just a little different, you don't wish (at least out loud) that I were just a little less crazy, and you don't judge me when I burst into tears because I don't know what to wear.  You let me yell at you for scraping my car windows wrong, you let me sulk and have bad days, and you never seem to take it personally.  I know that I can be hard to live with sometimes, let alone love, yet you seem to do so without pause.

God knew what he was doing when he put you in my life.  He knew I would need someone strong, loving, caring, and kind to hold on to through tough times.  He knew I would need someone sweet and funny and fun loving to laugh with through good and bad times.  We haven't had it easy, but we're making it through...together...and I wouldn't want it any other way.

I hope today, your birthday, is just as wonderful as you are.  I hope you feel all the love surrounding you from near and far.  I hope you know just how loved and admired you are by so many, especially me.  And I hope you know how lucky I feel to be the woman by your side.  You are MY superhero.  I love you on your birthday, on every day, always and forever.

With love from your lucky, lucky wife,
Jelly Bean

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