Dannielynn Hope Smith

September 28, 2006

In the wake of her son’s tragic death from a drug overdose on September 10, Anna Nicole Smith has named her newborn daughter Dannielynn Hope.

According to published reports, toxicology tests indicate that Smith’s son, Daniel, died from an overdose of methadone and two antidepressant drugs.

The usual tone of this blog is one of light-hearted, tongue-in-cheek humor. Today, that is not appropriate. I simply hope that the birth of a new daughter, and the hope that comes with her birth, may in some tiny degree help soothe the undoubted vast pain of this tragedy.