Emotional graveside proposal with our three girls
| Published date | 15 May 2024 |
| Publication title | Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser |
For Lanarkshire dad Jamie McMillan, there could be no more meaningful place at which to propose to the mum of his three children than by the graveside of their middle child, with their newborn baby and her big sister by their side.
On April 14 - the day after Ainslidh
Stevenson gave birth to baby Aria McMillan, who weighed in at 6lb 12oz at University Hospital Wishaw - she and partner Jamie took their newborn and fiveyear-old daughter, Olivia, to the resting place of little Amelia, who tragically lost her life in 2022 to a rare genetic disorder at the age of only 15 months.
When visiting Phillipshill Cemetery, East Kilbride - only four days after what would have been Amelia's third birthday - Ainslidh found by her little girl's headstone what she assumed to be a touching birthday gift left by a friend.
On unwrapping the parcel, she found a babygro, bearing the message: 'Mummy, will you marry my Daddy?'
' "I saw the writing," said Ainslidh. "I turned round, and Jamie was on one knee. I didn't see it coming. Olivia understood what he had done. She said: 'hat means you're going to get married.'" Among the first people to learn of the couple's happy news was Reverend Amanda Reid, the chaplain at CHAS's Robin House - the children's hospice in Balloch where the family made special memories together, and where Amelia took her last breath in her mum's arms.
On hearing of their engagement, Amanda - who helped Ainslidh and Jamie put plans in place for Amelia's funeral - immediately offered to perform their marriage ceremony.
The family's association with CHAS, which Ainslidh describes as "a bond we will always have," began after doctors at Glasgow's Royal Hospital for Children...
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