July 3rd marks one year since we lost our baby that was due in January of this year. Losing a baby is hard no matter how you see it, I have been blessed to have a wonderful family and friends. I have a great bunch of online friends whom I can call some of the best friends I have ever had in my life! Losing that baby was a more than a personal loss for me, but out of that experience I took from it, God's love, His grace and His Words and my faith in God never wavered. I know one day I will see my babies in heaven... Some wonderful things came from this experience, it drew my husband and I closer to the Lord, it brought me closer to my sons, and my bible devotions that I write about. In it God has shown me through my children and our family life, His promise in His word... The other was the creation of our homeschool blog. I needed to do something in my life when I was feeling sad this January 2009 thinking about what could have been... so I started writing about our Homeschool themes and then later sharing our learning adventures and it grew from there... In all of this... I can see what God has made out of our ashes and our pain... I wish to thank all my friends here for making my life richer by knowing you and reading your posts, Through them I have become inspired, humbled and blessed. With Love, your friend, Sandra
I remember when you lost your baby last year. I am humbled to see God's glory being shown in your life through such a trial. God bless you and your family. THank you for sharing with us your trial and victory.
I too will pray for you this friday. When i lost my 2 babies, one in Aprl 2004 at 18 weeks, and another in Dec 2004 at 18 weeks, i thought i would never recover, but God is good, and i too will one day see my babies. When it had been a year since we lost our first, which was April 2005, i felt the need to make a place to remeber them by. So we picked a spot, planted a willow tree, and some flowers around it, and we bought 2 small flat stones, meant to be stepping stones, but we took permanent marker, and wrote their given names and birth/death dates on them. I will say that was a day of healing for all of us, and when i would sit by that garden, i would speak to God, and tell him of my love for him and all my little ones, i would cry for my loss, and sing praises for their gain. to think, they were safe in the arms of Jesus, no pain, no sadness, just perfect Holy peace. i hope friday brings peace and rememrance for you. i know that i was always afraid of forgetting my babies, but i know now, that is not possible. what a testimony your faith is for others, especially your dear boys! (((hugs)))
i was just reading through the original post of when you lost your sweet baby last year, and steve brought something else to mind that we did, to remember our sweet ones. That first Christmas was hard, it had only been 3 weeks since we lost our 2nd baby, so my dear sweet husband came home one night. he had been to walmart gtting groceries, bc i was so wracked with grief i couldnt function, and he brought in these tiny red stockings. i said what are those for?? he said, for the babies, to remember them each Christmas, and to this day we still put them up with our other 2 dc stockings, and it brings joy and sweet sadness to see them, but what a sweet thought! my dh, he has a giant heart, and little things like that always make the sadness seem less heavy around the holidays.
Little Sprouts, I know from experience that that day is hard (my baby would have been due May 26th). But I also agree with you that it has been a growing experience, and I've just had to learn to trust that God knows best! I think we (and the others who have also been through this) are doing well to get Better not Bitter. Prayers and thoughts to you tomorrow! (hugs)
I will pray for you and yours, too. (((hugs))) I am sorry for your hurt and praise God with you that you are His.
Thank you. Today July 1st marked 12 years since I lost my first baby and I guess this week is making me think more of them because we lost our second baby on July 3rd. Dh is taking me and the boys out for the day.
