Today's prompt asks, "Do you have any words that you would like to
share about grief that might help others that are on this journey as
well? Maybe it is something wise that someone once said to you or maybe
it is something you read by someone else."
This is a picture of Levi's hand/foot print. So tiny. So perfectly amazing.
Words I'd like to share about grief. First this, EVERYTHING comes from the Father.
We are nothing apart from Him. This verse - some days, when I
couldn't breath...just couldn't catch my breath from underneath the
heavy blanket of sadness....this verse... I would say it aloud over
& over. It was on our message board at home, posted to the
fridge...written on my hand. Isaiah 49:15(c)-16 "I will not forget
you. See I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. Your walls are
ever before me." He is honest & He KEEPS His promises. He is
ALWAYS good. Because He too lost a son, I knew that He could truly
grasp & understand & FEEL my grief.
And, the second thing is this... Life. Goes. On. It sucks. It's a
hard truth to swallow, but life does indeed go on... Sometimes it feels
meaningless, but a lot of times it just feels like ... life. Just going
on. I have determined to "live well" as a way of honoring our
children. At first I just couldn't move, I was paralyzed by grief, and
then it hit me. What honor does it bring to their tiny existence if I
give up living too, if I just decide that my life will not go on? So, I
became intentional about sharing our story. Their story. Their lives.
Our lives. Life, it seems, does go on.
Capture Your Grief. Day 29: REFLECT.
Take today to reflect on this past
month.
What is your relationship with grief like right now? Is it still
the same? Has anything changed? What have you learned about yourself and
your grief?
It is always with me. I carry it with me like a security blanket.... Not because I need it, but it's something very important to me... My grief reminds me of how BIG my Savior is, how kind & merciful. It reminds me that I am nothing outside of Christ. The days are not so heavy, as they were in the beginning. Having our miracle boy here helps pull me from the grief days. I used to be stuck, like in quick sand, and I was sinking deeper and deeper as I struggled to get a breath, to get a handle on something....anything... Nowadays I can keep those feelings far away by reminding myself of the tremendous blessings that came from each pregnancy, each life, each death.
We are prayerfully considering starting a local SHARE group (hopefully/prayerfully through my church), in honor of Rowan & Levi. You can learn more about SHARE, here.
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