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A Bundle of Myrrh

"My beloved is unto me as a bundle of myrrh." Song of Solomon 1:13

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Giving Thanks

Monday, December 13th, 2021

November 25: So much has changed in just a year since last Thanksgiving. It’s been a long hard year. I’m sad to remember that last year on Thanksgiving day we announced to the kids that we were having another baby, they were so excited. We learned a few days later that our baby was no longer alive. Very soon after God gave us our dear Rose and we began a journey we could never have prepared for.

I have an overwhelming amount of things for which to be thankful. In the exhaustion of the day to day its been a struggle for me to remember that, to take all the gifts for granted, to even fall into a huge pity party.

Yet, though I do not deserve it, in those times God continues to bless me in countless ways, to give richly and to forgive. I am a beggar at the door of His continuous mercy. 

I have no idea who placed those flowers on the graves of my babies, but that’s just one more thing I’m thankful for, their kind gesture. One more little gift from a loving God.

Easter Tuesday

Friday, June 7th, 2019

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It’s always a little miracle to me that the greenery I leave on his grave in December is still there come Spring. We bring our babies here this Easter to remember their brother and to remind us all of the promise we hope in, that Christ has swallowed up death and on the Last day the dead in Christ will be raised imperishable. Happy Easter Tuesday.

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For All The Saints – November 1

Monday, November 19th, 2018

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All Saints Day. We remember our baby and wait for the Resurrection.

“But, lo, there breaks a yet more glorious day; The saints triumphant rise in bright array; The King of Glory passes on His way. Alleluia! Alleluia!”

Remembering Ebenezer

Sunday, July 8th, 2018

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June will always be one more month of the year that makes miss this baby so much. He was due on June 22, 2017 and would have had his first birthday last month. The French words for “I miss you” translate “you are missing from me.”

And that’s how it is. I feel and know his absence from our home and our family. The empty spot. The birthday party we don’t have in June will always be there. We love you baby and wait to meet you where you are.

“Someday I will join him in death, but he can’t return to me.” The words of Kind David after the death of his baby son from II Samuel 12:23.