Posted on 12/07/2007 7:52:26 PM PST by yorkie
During this holiday season, a Tucson father has three reasons to celebrate. Andrue Smith's wife recently gave birth to triplet boys.
But tragically, his wife died after the babies were born.
Andrue is now struggling to cope with the loss of his wife and raising the babies on his own.
They're daddy's little boys. Legend, Tristian and Jaisyn were born six weeks premature, a week ago today.
"All I wanted was a son," he told us.
You can see the love in Andrue's eyes. Love, and sorrow, because his wife Debbie will never see her babies.
Andrue says, out of the blue, his wife got deathly ill. Doctors saved the boys, but couldn't save her.
"My wife's heart had stopped beating. Her body suffered and her brain suffered... It's not the kind of thing people will recover from."
So Andrue made the difficult decision to discontinue life support.
"It's going to be hard, very hard. I can't imagine a life without her."
Numb, this 28 year old single father of three is trying.
"My wife, I know she'd expect me to be strong and she'd want me to take care of those kids."
Andrew has a full-time construction job, but questions whether he earns enough to afford childcare. And if he quits his job, how will he pay his mortgage?
"Absolutely anything anybody can help out with or contribute, I'd be very happy to accept anything. I've got my babies, my three boys to worry about, and that's what's keeping me strong."
Andrew calls them daddy's little army.
If you'd like to help the Smith Family......
(Excerpt) Read more at kvoa.com ...
A donation will be going, too.
Good Lord.
My brother would like to name his next son Tristan. It’s an old name, hearkening back to Arthurian legends. Not that the Tristan of the Arthurian legends was a gem.
Donations will be wonderful. I wonder where the extended family is. This would be a great time for parents, siblings and others to step in and help this father with his responsibilities but money can only do so much and they need caretakers who are invested in their development and will continue to watch over them as they are growing up.
May the mother rest in peace. Prayers for the family.
I looked up Tristian and it’s derived from Tristan; Jaisyn I got no results for. Do you suppose it’s a modern spelling of Jason?
I’d say the fault was mostly Isolde’s, but I know what you mean.
The video on the linked article pronounces it as Jason, so I’d say so.
Poor little guys...here’s hoping he gets lots of support, and not just of the monetary variety.
I am extremely sorry for his loss, but regarding those names....dayum. Can boys be strippers and secretaries?
That poor man. There’s no mention of grandparents, but perhaps he’s got relatives who will help him.
Jaisyn - variation of Jason - A healing (Greek)
Legend - Not really a name:
Nicodemus Legend is the fictional hero of fifteen popular novels by Ernest Pratt. Legend is a champion of the underdog, a crusader for justice and truth. His perfect manners, good looks and beautiful hand-beaded buckskin outfits make him a dashing and romantic figure. In reality, Legend is tough and quick-witted, with an impressive knowledge of science. He hates violence, preferring to use brains instead of a gun. Since Pratt’s novels are written in the first person from Legend’s point of view, many readers fail to realize that Legend is a fictitious character.
Trystian - variation of Tristan - The noisy one (Irish)
No, J A S O N is the modern spelling of Jason. "Jaisyn" is someone trying to be creative and cute, forcing the poor kid to spell out his ridiculous name for the rest of his life.
Now he has three sons. No daughters, and no wife.
I wish him well, but it always rubs me the wrong way when people say they wanted a "son." As if a daughter would be not quite as good.
Thank you, fieldmarshal.
Spelling old names new ways seems to be a modern fad among some people. A trick of science-fiction authors is to slightly alter real-world names (Kavin, for instance), or change the spelling (Jacen, Dayvid). Some parents apply the technique to naming their children.
The really unfortunate thing about “Jaisyn”, in my opinion, is that while it’s phonetically the same as Jason, the spelling looks feminine. Jacen - as Timothy Zahn altered the name for his book - at least looks masculine.
I’ll take your word for it. I know little about the legend except that Tristan and Isolde were carrying on an adulterous affair.
We're like you; my husband and I did not care one way or the other.
During my pregnancies, people - usually strangers - would ask, "What are you hoping for...a boy or a girl?"
"It doesn't matter. I'll be happy with either," I'd reply.
Most folks accepted the answer with quiet nods of agreement, but occasionally people would press the issue. "No, really," they would insist, oftentimes with a tone that suggested mild disbelief or implying that I wasn't being truthful. "You don't have any preference?"
"Oh, I have a preference," I would insist. "Alive and healthy."
That usually shut them up.
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