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.
