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And this is our American stories. and it's time for our final thought series. Will we bring you the final thoughts of folks who are dying? and tributes to loved ones who've passed. A eulogy.
A poem. anything and everything That stirs the soul. This week's final thoughts feature came to us From the terrific website. Thefederalist dot com where a father named Jeremy Lott, shared his eulogy to his daughter Cecilia. who passed away In a still born birth, Jeremy recorded his eulogy, as he delivered it at the funeral, and he graciously shared it with us all.
Here's Jeremy. I was going to say that the text of this eulogy is included in your booklets. Because delivery is probably going to be as much of a struggle as the writing was. And I was going to tell you to feel free to read along or just tune me out and read it later. But it ends with a bit of a cliffhanger, so you might want to listen.
How do you eulogize a girl who never lived? She never crawled, walked, spoke, cried. We don't even have honest dates for the tombstone, since that clock starts at birth. By the time of her delivery, my daughter had left the building. Start with her full name, which she would have hated at times because children tease.
Cecilia Little Lott. Cecilia is perfectly lovely, so of course, my wife Ange came up with it. But that middle name would have dogged her. Have a look at her parents with their wide frames and my truly enormous head. There's no way our little girl would have been little for long.
That part of her name would have been a running joke, like a bouncer named Tiny. The headstone isn't ready yet because those take time. Here is what will eventually be inscribed in granite for future generations to puzzle over. She danced an Irish jig and was a peekaboo champion. There are a couple of stories there.
Many philosophers have insisted that every new human is a blank slate, a tabula rasa. but mothers have always known better. They know that each of their children has a distinct personality that they see manifest even in the womb. Of the three brothers lot, I was the one who was active at all hours. I rarely slept in utero or after, to my mother's great consternation.
My cousin Jenny recently had a healthy baby boy named Aiden. In the womb he hated intrusions on his space by any but his mother. When the doctor put sensors on her belly to get readings, he targeted and successfully kicked them off. I see soccer in his future. And our little girl, Cecilia, loved to dance.
We discovered this when we were en route to her fatal diagnosis at Swedish Hospital in Seattle. We made some stops along the way, including one in Anacordis. On a whim, we went uh to a night of Irish music there. She was only sixteen weeks old, and yet Ange discovers she was kicking and more or less in time to the beat. She loved moving her long legs when she heard Irish music.
She also grooved to Latin music. And you know, she was a true Washingtonian because she seemed to appreciate grunge while bad 80s soft rock left her cold. She responded to other sounds as well. Ange Ange thinks she might have been shy or perhaps intently curious. When there were familiar voices around here, she would be active.
In the presence of new voices, she would pipe down and listen. She knew her father's voice. When I read books out loud to Anne, she kicked. We attended a conference and Cecilia was getting a little rowdy up in there.
So I leaned into my wife's belly and said, Knock off, kid. She surprised both of us by doing just that. But you probably want to know about the peekaboo, right? Ultrasound is an amazing technology. We see by way of sound waves and reconstructions on a screen.
We could see evidence of a pregnancy before, but now we can see life in the womb. It's right there on the monitor. You can almost touch it. One of the things on that monitor that struck many viewers about Cecilia is what she did with her hands. She did intelligent things and playful things.
She folded and steepled her fingers as if in thought or prayer. and she liked to put her hands in front of her eyes and take them away. As you looked at her, she did this peekaboo routine so often that it sometimes made it hard for us to get a good look at her. When she was still with us, we shared Cecilia's story with people. The great interest in support in money and prayer and in so many other forms was surprising.
Here you have this little girl, who would not live for much longer. She would never grow up and make her mark on the world. She might not even see daylight. But people wanted to know about her. They wanted to help in any way that they could.
As you'll see from the children's books on the table to be donated to the library in her name, they wanted to commemorate her. Like so many other things about this pregnancy, Cecilia's end surprised me. I had assumed that she faded away. But, like philosophers, we writers imagine, and mothers know better. Ange tells me it was a bang, not a whimper.
As so many things failed her, Cecilia gathered up all of her strength, He kicks really hard. In protest One last time. It was the internal equivalent of, you know, that one left a mark. And after that, she was gone. Right now, the news of her ending fills me with Great, unimaginable sorrow.
But I hope that will eventually give way to fatherly pride. Of course no daughter of ours would ever go quietly into that good night. She was fierce. And we loved her fiercely. And that's all we could do.
Thank you for coming. And thank you, Jeremy, for sharing that. Yeah. His eulogy to his daughter Cecilia. And thanks to thefederalists.com for providing it.
Jeremy Lott's story Cecilia's Story Here are our American stories. Yeah. Lee Habib here again. Our American Stories tries to tell the stories of America's past and present to Americans, and we want to hear your stories too. They're some of our favorites.
Send them to us. Go to OwlAmericanStories.com and click the Your Stories tab. Again, please go to OwlAmericanStories.com. and click the Your Stories tab. Liberty has never been just a word to we Americans.
It has guided every one of our endeavors for the past 250 years. And now it takes form in a new way. The 2026 Semi-Quincentennial Coin and Metal Program from the United States Mint. It celebrates the founding ideals that have long shaped our coinage. Available one year only, this historic collection features new coin designs, limited edition releases, and reissues.
Shop new official coins at usmint.gov forward slash semi-q. That's usmint.gov/slash S-E-M-I-Q. This July 4th, come celebrate at America's Block Party, hosted by America 250. America's Block Party is a can't-miss 4th of July concert happening at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Experience music performances from major artists, patriotic tributes, and a kickoff to Giving Forth, helping to make July 4th the largest day of giving in American history.
It's more than just fireworks. Learn more about this landmark celebration at America250.org. Eczema is unpredictable, but you can flare less with Epglisp. a once-monthly treatment for moderate to severe eczema. After an initial four-month or longer dosing phase, about four in 10 people taking EBGLIS achieved itch relief and clear or almost clear skin at 16 weeks.
And most of those people maintain skin that's still more clear at one year with monthly dosing. EBGLIS, Laricizumap LBKZ, a 250 milligram per 2 milliliter injection, is a prescription medicine used to treat adults and children 12 years of age and older who weigh at least 88 pounds or 40 kilograms with moderate to severe eczema, also called atopic dermatitis that is not well controlled with prescription therapies used on the skin or topicals or who cannot use topical therapies. EBGLIS can be used with or without topical corticosteroids. Don't use if you're allergic to EBGLIS. Allergic reactions can occur that can be severe.
Eye problems can occur. Tell your doctor if you have new or worsening eye problems. You should not receive a live vaccine when treated with EBGLIS. Before starting EBGLIS, tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection. Ask your doctor about EBGLIS and visit ebglis.lily.com or call 1-800-LILIRX or 1-800-545-5979.
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