A few months ago, I was "introduced" to a friend online because she received a fatal diagnosis at her 20 week ultrasound. Found out today that she had her precious baby yesterday, a baby with a beautiful name, a baby who died moments after being born.
A few weeks ago I found a Momma on my Potter's Syndrome BabyCenter group who is pregnant with her second Potter's Baby. She had three healthy girls in between. They did everything they were supposed to. Were told it was a fluke. Again. A dear friend of mine is married to a wonderful man, a man who was diagnosed with brain cancer. None of these situations are "fair." Spiritually speaking, I "get" why God "allows" such things to happen to us. I understand that we live in a fallen world and that if horrible things such as these DIDN'T happen, we humans would not feel like we had a need for a Heavenly Savior. I fully grasp that sometimes awful things have to happen, in according to His will, and that in turn, it draws us closer to Him. No really, I get it. But, the empathetic/social worker side of me actually FEELS for people when I hear about their situations. I ache when I think about the mom who woke up this morning, wondering for a split second if it was all a dream. No, I did actually birth my baby yesterday. And that baby did die in my arms. I'm anxious for newly pregnant friends. I know what "worst case scenerio" looks like. And I was called "Negative Nancy" and "Worst Case Wanda" BEFORE I lost my Gabey. It's just how my mind functions. A nice way to explain it is that my "spiritual gift is mercy." Now, doesn't that sound better?? Anyway you want to say it, I feel for others. I'm so sorry to any of you, all of you, who are going through a similar situation. All I can do is pray, pray, pray.
Brittany
2/18/2011 02:17:13 pm
I had a few of these over the past couple of weeks. After the initial sadness for them, it gave me peace and I don't think I was quite sure why until I read this post tonight. It clicked just now. I am reminded that ANYTHING can happen at ANY time and I need to take a step back and enjoy what life is RIGHT NOW. In this moment, I need to be thankful for what's here because there's no guarantee it will be there tomorrow whether it be this rainbow, my health, my husband's health... I won't take a single moment for granted. Comments are closed.
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