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Ava the flying girl

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 When you walk away I count the steps that you take Do you see how much I need you right now? - When you're gone by Avril Lavigne (2007) A little butterfly flower pot decoration at her grave. Yesterday, 10th May 2015, 9 years ago, my mum Geraldine Scully (née Flanagan) gave birth to my premature sister Ava Scully. 8 days later Ava past away in her and my birthplace, the Coombe hospital, Dublin, Ireland. I was told about Ava on the day of the funeral. She was so mysterious to me since I never saw her alive. If she was alive today, we would've had a birthday party for her, with the neighnours in the house and this post would've never existed. It was on either 19th May-20th May 2006 when the Scullys drove to Dublin on a mild cloudy day. i was confused, Was mum sick again? We parked in the hospital and went into a stone house where I saw her in a white baby coffin. The coffin was embroiled on the walls and lid by flowers and it was shoe box shaped. There was relaxin