Comments on: 21: together

By: Miriam

Miriam — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:59:23 +0000

thanks Rachel! SO SO SO glad we got to hang with you yesterday!!!

By: Miriam

Miriam — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:58:55 +0000

Thanks, friend! Thanks for stopping by and if you were confused I’m SO sorry! I had a knack for knocking things over and spilling things on my clothes, only I mislead 1/2 a room full of women into believing that my son didn’t make it through the crazy NICU days…and truth is, he did…and hard things (with wheelchairs and feeding pumps and nursing and school etc) and beautiful things have followed in a whole heap of mess, and I’m so thankful for my boy and the lessons God keeps unfolding in our story!

By: Miriam

Miriam — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:54:49 +0000

Oh Loni, thanks so much for the virtual hugs!! I hear your story and my heart aches for you and your loss, and I just know that Jesus has shown you the beauty in the broken!
…and I do have a confession. When I stumbled reading my post last night, I caused confusion. My son survived the ordeal, but came out of it severely disabled. He now lives in a wheelchair with the physical abilities of a 3 month old, impaired hearing, and he is unable to speak, but he is a bright boy with JOY that abounds! We praise God for his life…and we still have tears. Every year he grows older we peel back layers of denial – denial that would have us believing that this was temporary …and denial that has a hard time seeing our boy growing into a little man in a world that does not know how to bend for him. God’s goodness does shine through every break though!
Thanks so much for stopping by and so sorry for the confusion…I’m sometimes great at that. I’m a mess, and I’m so thankful to have a savior that loves messes!

By: Miriam

Miriam — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:49:18 +0000

Oh thank you, Richelle! I so much appreciate the encouragement and community in this place! – miriam

By: Miriam

Miriam — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:47:27 +0000

Thanks Deb! I love your blog title and I see your beautiful smile right in it!

By: deborah

deborah — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 15:29:48 +0000

What sweet rejoicing amidst trials and in the hard places.

What a beautiful family you are and together!!

By: richelle @ "our wright"-ing pad

richelle @ "our wright"-ing pad — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 04:49:25 +0000

wow. i can’t imagine. may God bind the broken… and may He give you the grace to always treasure the together He’s gifted you.

By: lonistel

lonistel — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 04:19:16 +0000

Oh dear sweet one, my heart aches with you. I am so sorry. I know that ache – that ache no mother should have to go through. We had a stillborn daughter at 36 weeks nearly 16 years ago – and a son at age 16 that also left for heaven too quickly. And I know how your life has changed, and you just so yearn to hold that baby again. I know the tears on your pillow and the whys. And I know Jesus longs to fill that big hole in your heart and weeps with you. And I think of your sweet babe at Jesus feet, who will never know pain, a skinned knee or a broken heart from a relationship – that sweet babe who sees Jesus face to face! Can you imagine?!?!?! Despite our tears, what hope we can have. Feel free to write to me any time. I’d love to share with you and learn more about your baby.

Loni

writingcanvas AT gmail DOT com

By: claygirlsings

claygirlsings — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 03:49:36 +0000

Ugh, the heartache and the pain. Thank you for sharing this.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 02:48:57 +0000

Beautiful