The Good, The Hard, and the "Date"

Everyday seems to be a series of mixed emotion.  Joyful, yet sorrowful.  Unknowing, yet peaceful.  Trusting, yet vulnerable.  Understanding, yet so so confused.  This emotional cocktail upped the ante this week as we finally booked a date for our c-section. The date is set for Monday, March 31st. A flood of thoughts, feelings, and prayers …

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When Answers Still Don't Come

You would think by now I would stop waiting, hoping even, for answers to come.  Deep in my heart I know they won’t come at all on this side of heaven. To be honest most of the questions I have had throughout this time, I am glad God did not answer them immediately or reveal …

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A Miracle 2:00 am Phone Call

Sadness welled up in me on Sunday.  Tears come unexpectedly these days and I am usually unprepared and, of course, in public places. We were singing one of my favorite songs in church “In Christ Alone.”  I was praising God, doing fine, and then this line came: From life’s first cry to final death… In …

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A Name for 2014

I love this little boy so much already.  I think its partly because I know my time with him is short so I spend time thinking about him, praying for him and loving him even more so than I usually do during pregnancy.  Another woman who carried a Potter’s Syndrome baby called it “Packing a …

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