For the last few days, I have been following the story of a family around our age.
A young couple, met and fell in love, got married just a few months before we did, and had a little girl, just 5 months before we had Luke. They are in the exact same stage of their life as we are... 'newly' weds, enjoying their first child, figuring out the whole parenting thing, getting to know each other as they learn and grow in family life.
Then, last week, there was an accident... their little girl, fell into a canal... she was in the canal until a farmer found her in the water 2 miles down where he and his brother were working. The past week has been a week of prayers, hope, and faith, as their little girl has fought for her life. One day things would start to look up, and the next she would deteriorate again... today, their little girl went back to our Father in heaven!
My heart broke... while I sit here writing this, Luke is sitting on the floor throwing all my highlighters around... he has AGAIN been in the forbidden stationery drawer...but I realize just what a wonderful sight it is! He is all over the place... running up and down the passage, whining at his daddy for some of his food, stiffening up his body and screeching when we say, 'NO' to whatever he wants but can't have... and I am so grateful for it all!
Some days are so exhausting... he tries my patience and tests my nerves and challenges me in more ways I imagined were possible, and some days I wonder how I will ever survive the rest of the day... but I do, and I have realised that each day that I wake up, and I hear him 'calling' me to come and get him out of his crib, is one more day of joy and blessings, and precious time with my sweet angel!
I cried when I read of their little girls passing... only because it felt so close to home... it could have been us... they were the identical family to ours, and although I know that our family is a forever family, and I am grateful that we have been sealed in the temple for eternity, I still don't know how any mother or father survives losing a child. That little girl was just the start of their family... and tomorrow, they will wake up and have to start again...back to just the two of them.
Luke is such a sweet boy, and he is OUR sweet boy... and I am so grateful for every moment of every day that I have with him... I only hope and pray that we still have many decades to enjoy our family in it's entirety!
Life is precious... time is precious... if only we could remember that everyday so that we will love each other a little more, hug each other a little longer and treasure all our moments together as though they were our last!
I cried when I read of their little girls passing... only because it felt so close to home... it could have been us... they were the identical family to ours, and although I know that our family is a forever family, and I am grateful that we have been sealed in the temple for eternity, I still don't know how any mother or father survives losing a child. That little girl was just the start of their family... and tomorrow, they will wake up and have to start again...back to just the two of them.
Luke is such a sweet boy, and he is OUR sweet boy... and I am so grateful for every moment of every day that I have with him... I only hope and pray that we still have many decades to enjoy our family in it's entirety!
Life is precious... time is precious... if only we could remember that everyday so that we will love each other a little more, hug each other a little longer and treasure all our moments together as though they were our last!
1 comment:
U are going to make me cry Me and Mom and DAD were crying when My mom read the story and I had to leave to go downstairs and let it come out! Its so sad and tragic! Go look at My blog!
Post a Comment