Today, I found out that someone that I am friends with lost her baby at full term. It was her first baby. And my heart is broken for she and her husband. She was so adorable pregnant and so excited to be a mommy. She had even started a group on Facebook for Christian moms to discuss child-raising issues. Life if precious, and sometimes altogether too short. I can't imagine what this family is going through. I have prayed for them constantly today. Please join me in praying for them as they adjust to life without their baby.
Loss is hard no matter how you go through it. I know several friends who have lost children whether through miscarriages or very early death in childhood. And others, like me who haven't experienced pregnancy, but have lost children in adoption or foster issues. Loss hurts, for a long time. And your life is changed through the short time with that child whether they were born or not.
I have chosen to hug my kids a bit tighter today. And to be thankful for them - no matter how difficult the days may be with attitudes, teething, ect. Even those trial times are times to be thankful for because my children are here. And they are living and healthy. And I am thankful for that.
God uses things in our lives to put perspective to what we are going through. He has used my friends' loss to do that for me. Sometimes the mundane of life gets to me - dealing with Austin's new found independence and argumentativeness, the fact that he won't go potty in the toilet, the baby getting teeth and being fussy. And sometimes I forget to be thankful. All of these things are so not important in the grand scheme of life. They are just normal parts of parenting. Parts that today I am thankful for because again, it means my children are alive and well.I forget to look at the precious things in life - the baby's constant happy giggles (sans the teething), Austin's willingness to be helpful and sweet, his desire to learn and know more about Jesus, his songs that he sings. I am thankful for the reminder even as I pray for these precious parents who no longer have a baby to bring home from the hospital. May I never forget to be thankful for the gifts God has given me
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