Victoria Freckleton

Victoria June Freckleton died April 22, 2002 in Tacoma, WA., she was 6 hours old. Her parents are Mark Ellis Freckleton and Tracy Lynne (Christensen) Freckleton.She is survived by her parents Mark and Tracy Freckleton of Bremerton, WA., brother Dalton Freckleton of Bremerton, WA., sister Pearl Freckleton of Bremerton, WA., grandparents Wanda and Paul Sims of Belfair, WA., grandparents David and Linda Christensen of Port Orchard, WA., and grandparents Marlow and Gayla Freckleton of Vancouver, WA. She is preceded in death by brother David Freckleton. Funeral services will be held April 30, 2002 at 5:00 p.m. at the Silverdale Stake Center in Bremerton, WA. Viewing will be on April 30, 2002 from 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. also at the Silverdale Stake Center. Committal services will be at Sunset Lane Cemetery in Port Orchard, WA., on May 1, 2002.Victoria June FreckletonWhat is there to say about perfection? While Victoria was only officially alive for six hours, she has been in ours for almost thirty weeks. From the first indication of problems at eight weeks, Victoria and our family have been the recipients of love, blessings and prayers. From eight weeks on the prognosis from the medical community was not what parents want to hear. It was full of unknown's and populated with the grimmest possible outcomes at every turn. Do not misunderstand; they did everything in their power while acknowledging that Victoria's main hope lay in divine intervention.Victoria received that intervention on a daily basis. At seventeen weeks when her mommy's water membrane broke, she remained when the majority of infants are delivered in 48 hours. Through several trips to the hospital for bleeding and cramps she continued to kick her mommy to let her know that she was not going anywhere. At twenty-four weeks mommy and Victoria were admitted to Tacoma General Hospital in case Victoria should decied to come into this world now that she was at a stage where medical science would now be able to help her. While in TGH the little "peanut" as the nurses called her, proved to everyone that she was an individual. She was aware of what was going on around her and let mommy know what she thought with kicks and thumps. Modesty was ever her guide as numerous ultrasounds all proved to be ineffective in finding out if mommy should crochet a blue blanket or a pink one. Each and every day the doctors were amazed at how strong and vital she was proving to be. As each milestone was passed, hope increased, but always was it acknowledged that her lungs possibly did not have enough fluid to develop. Each day was savored, every moment carefully stored away. Every day new miracles were occuring to allow her to have more time with our family.When she was born at just under thirty weeks, she cried for her mommy. She vocally announced to the world three times that she had finally arrived. Within a few hours however, it was determined that the worst had come to pass, her lungs were severely underdeveloped. Mommy was able to hold her for about an hour and daddy was able to sing to her the songs that she had heard being sung to her sister and brother. For each kiss that was given to her, she responded by opening her eyes and looking into your soul with peace and love. Each of these moments was a miracle that we asked for. We tried to ask to have her be able to grow up with her family here on earth, but we could not. In our hearts Heavenly Father was already letting us know that we would have her here on this earth for time that would be all to short, but that she would be a member of our family throughout eternity.Of course we grieve at the short time that she was on this earth. We will be months if not years in mending the hearts within our breasts. But this grief will be short compared to the eternal nature of families. We were married for time and all eternity. Our children are sealed to us and will be ours forever if we live, as Heavenly Father wants us to. This is the fact that I want to share with each and every one of you, I have a daughter, and her name is Victoria June Freckleton.