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Thursday, May 17, 2007
My Heart is Heavy
Tonight I was reading the blog of a girl I went to Bible School with (Janelle). We sang on Chorale together and through the magic of Facebook, we have reconnected. A few posts ago on her blog, she had asked for prayer for a little 2.5 year old girl. She was the niece of a couple they were friends with and she had come down with Strep Pneumonia Meningitis and was in a coma on complete life support. We were all praying for a miracle. Well it was only a day later I checked back for an update and she had passed away. My heart sank. I burst into tears. You don't even have to know the family or all the details but to know that a mother will be without her child is enough to burden my heart. Janelle had posted tonight what the little girls funeral was like. They had all her favourite things laying out on a table, dvd's tea party sets, books, things that my girls play with and enjoy. They ran a slide show and had video clips of her saying her ABC's. I can't even imagine what that family is going through. I can barely write this post through my tears. It's times like these I cry out why, God? Why take such a precious little life? I can't imagine one heart beat, one blink of an eye with out my girls and now this mother has to live her life with out her daughter. Never being able to take her shopping for her grad dress and wedding dress. Never to be able to tell her about "boys" and all the joys of growing up. That father isn't going to be able to give his daughter away at her wedding. These are things I look forward to doing with my girls and can't imagine what it would be like with out them. This is really hitting home too as just yesterday, we got our pool our set up and with out getting into details, Brooklyn could have drowned. Luckily, Chris was close by and grabbed her but if he was in the house for a few moments, she could have been gone. Life is short. And precious. I will be hanging on to my girls a little tighter, giving them a few more hugs and kisses, being a little more patient because in a blink of an eye.....
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4 comments:
I am saddened to read a report like this. Althought I'm not a mother [yet] I feel for this family and can only imagine what they're going through. My thoughts and prayers are with them...
I can't imagine anything happening to my kids. I feel so bad for that family. You can't take anything forgranted thats for sure. Take care.
I get emotional reading things like that too.. and I'm not even a mother.. It's just horrible to think of a life cut short like that.. who knows what this little person could have becone?
Yes life can sure be unfair at times. Glad that Brooklyn is ok, how scary!!! I remember when Carter was 1 week old and having to do rescue breathing on him. That was one of the most scariest times of my life!!!!
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