Calli Mueller's Final Photo Essay: One Soul Leaves, Another Arrives.

Calli's Final Photo Essay Paper

          This photo Essay is about the miraculous event of my baby nephew being born in the same hour, of the same day, as my Grandmothers death. It was a very emotional day and I documented the various events that happened afterwards that would help tell the story. The exact time of death was 11:02am 4/4/14 and the time of birth was 11:40am 4/4/14. My Grandmother’s name is Ann Jennette Maudell Mueller and the baby’s name is Cole Benjamin Mueller. On April 4th the Mueller family lost a loved one but welcomed a new little Mueller soul into the world. We all visited the baby a few hours after he was born, he did not even look like a newborn he was so big; he was born 9lbs 1oz and 22 inches long.

          The day of the funeral on 4/9/2014 was a sad day and very emotional for our family. My dad gave a speech because he felt guilty at not speaking at my Grandpa’s funeral and it made us all cry. I tried to document this funeral in a way that was not disrespectful to my Grandma and I think I accomplished this. Regarding the baby I went and visited him in the weeks following his birth and took pictures of him. One time he came to our house and I got some pictures of the entire family with the baby.

          My brother and his wife, who are the parents of Cole are living in the house that my Grandparents built and lived in many years so therefore they are carrying on their legacy in a way. Some of these pictures are at that house, they have changed a lot of things but at its foundations it is still the house my Grandpa built with his own two hands. I know that both my Grandma and my Grandpa are looking down on us from heaven.

          The last thing I documented was the Easter tradition that we will carry on even with both of my Grandparents gone. My Grandma would always order a special lamb cake every Easter to celebrate Jesus. We will continue to have this cake every Easter in honor of them. We always went to my Aunts house and had an Easter egg hunt but the cake was always the star.

          Even though my Grandparents are both gone in heaven they will hold a special place in our hearts, the sadness caused by their deaths however has been filled somewhat by an adorable nephew, son, grandson, and great grandson. Our hearts will soon be filled with joy as we watch him grow into a strong young man.

               

Baby Pictures

 

A close-up image of Cole’s face as he is held by his Grandpa in his home in Quimby.

A picture where Cole is in focus and his parents are blurred in the background, as he is being held by his Grandpa at his home in Quimby. 

Cole being held by his dad at their home in Quimby.

 

Cole Benjamin's feet as he is being held by his mother in their home in Quimby

A picture of Brooke Mueller, who is the mother, holding Cole in their home in Quimby.

 

A close-up image of Cole's squishy adorable face as he is being held at his home in Quimby.

 

Cole being held by his Grandpa at his home in Quimby.

 

Cole stares at his Grandpa, while being held by his Grandma, in the midst of most of the family at our house in Hastings.

Funeral Pictures

  My Grandma lying in her casket during the funeral next to a heart-shaped wreath of flowers as my Dad talks to a friend nearby.

A close-up image of the heart-shaped wreath with my Grandma blurred in the background as she lies peacefully in her casket.

  A close-up image of one of the flowers at the funeral.

    An emotional picture of my Aunt at the funeral surrounded by family.

A group of family gathered in the funeral home shortly after the service. My three sisters, Emma, Jennie, and Jaynie, Emma’s boyfriend Matt, and my Great-Aunt Carol.

 The people who work at the funeral home lift up the casket to carry it to the hearse.

All of the pall-bearers carefully slide the casket into the hearse.

A solemn picture of the casket before it goes into the ground in Barryville cemetery.

The heart-shaped wreath of flowers at the Barryville cemetery.

 

     The dying flowers resting on top of the headstone in Barryville cemetery.

A few days after the funerals the flowers fade and the headstone is blurred in the background.

Easter Pictures

      This is an image of the lamb cake at Easter in my Aunt Keri’s house in Grand Rapids with my sisters Emma and Jennie in the background.

      My Aunt Keri cutting the lamb cake in her home in Grand Rapids.

   My sister Emma throws an Easter egg into a bucket as my brother Kendrew watches and laughs at her in my Aunts house.

The End.