Charice McCray isn’t ready to talk about Friday’s tragic turn of events that led to the death of her baby.Instead, the Akron mom wants to focus on remembering her 13-month-old daughter, Aolani, in happier times.Charice McCray spoke softly Monday as her husband, Anthony, labored quietly on the computer in their Haynes Street home. She painted a picture of the child’s life in words, while her husband looked over baby photos.They call Aolani, whose blankets, black patent leather shoes and toys are still in the living room, their miracle baby. She was their third child – one whose birth was much anticipated.The baby died Friday afternoon after she was left in her baby sitter’s SUV for several hours while the sitter visited another day-care operator on Russell Avenue. Authorities say it appears the child died of heat exhaustion.Akron police say Aolani was one of five children driven that morning to the home of another day-care operator. Four of the children were removed from the vehicle, but Aolani was left behind. The investigation continues and no charges have been filed.“She was great,” McCray said of her daughter. “She was the quietest and the easiest of the three.”Aolani would “almost always’’ sleep through the night and rarely fussed, her mother said. “She was just a very lovable baby,” she said. “I didn’t think they made them that way anymore.”Already a walker, McCray said, Aolani was even starting to run.“It was an awkward run,” she added. “She loved music. She even tried to do singalongs.”The love of music is likely from her mother, who is the choir director at Akron’s St. John CME (Christian Methodist Episcopal) Church in Akron.McCray said she was front and center at the church, directing the choir, when she started having labor pains with Aolani. “Even the pastor noticed that I was beginning to tense up. But I stayed,” she said.Aolani arrived the next day.“Because we had trouble getting [pregnant with] her, I wanted to give her a different name, one I could tell her about one day and why.” The couple’s two other children are daughter Charay, 13, a girl, and son Calil, 5.“As soon as I found out we were having a girl, I began looking up names,” McCray said.She came across Aolani, Hawaiian for “cloud from heaven,” and it seemed perfect.Asked about where she found the strength to talk about the family’s loss, McCray insisted, “I’m not that strong.” She said she wanted to talk to prevent such a tragedy from happening again.She urged all parents and caregivers to always check their vehicles, to ensure that no child is mistakenly left behind. “Don’t leave them alone. Not even for a second,” she said as her voice trailed off.McCray was at her job at a bank on Friday when the call came that something had gone terribly wrong.“I miss her,” she said. “I lost my baby.”There are many unanswered questions, she said, and some anger.“But not anger at anyone in particular,” she said. “Just anger at not having her anymore.”She paused.“I loved her very much,” she said. “I just didn’t have enough time with her.”Jewell Cardwell can be reached at 330-996-3567 or emailed at jcardwell@thebeaconjournal.com.