Grief

Grief is the most terrible emotion to feel.

I wish I could erase the events of today.  Unfortunately, it was all God's plan, even though that is REALLY hard to understand right now.

Two little baby boys are now angels in heaven.

One of my operators Billy called me today to let me know that at his wife Linda's ultrasound yesterday they couldn't find a heartbeat of their baby boy due this spring.  She'll deliver the baby tomorrow.

Our dear dear friends Micah and Erin lost their sweet baby Beaux.  Their twins Beaux and Charlotte were born last Friday. 

Incredible sadness fills my heart.

Here is a prayer that my sweet father and mother in law sent me today for Micah and Erin:

Dear Lord -
The devastating shock and deep sadness from little, precious Beaux's death is too much to bear without You. We pray for Erin and Micah. Show Your love for them and stay with them in their grief through the prayers, words and actions of those around them. Care for them, comfort them and cry with them. Be with their families and friends, who love them and identify with them so much that they are hurting, and weeping and wondering why, too. We pray for baby sister Charlotte's happiness, health and well-being at a dark time when her new life provides light and hope for Erin and Micah. Turn our thoughts into cares for this hurting couple. Find ways that their joy, now overwhelmed by grief, will return through the short life of Beaux and the parenting of Charlotte. Amen

Be praying for the Cancholas and Hatleys.