tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373649301575623347.post2940449796129008386..comments2023-04-17T12:00:38.914-04:00Comments on The Unknown Contributor: Our Only Begotten DaughterTUChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929114678006935831noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373649301575623347.post-52668939994940339332012-03-29T14:24:23.880-04:002012-03-29T14:24:23.880-04:00Well I'm at the coast and I'm not supposed...Well I'm at the coast and I'm not supposed to be engaging online right now ;) but I had to stop in and read. You know, I hate that we don't have answers for these questions...why babies like Kimani go through things... why unborn babies go to Heaven too early- <i>wanted and prayed for babies</i> when other moms just throw them away every day...why my friend Deanna's one week old nephew suddenly and without explanation died last week...I just think we're not in Heaven yet. This wasn't supposed to be the place where everything that happens is God's perfect plan, this is a fallen, broken, hurting world and if I pin my hopes on everything working out here, I'm going to be let down much of the time. Every time I ask my husband "why??" he always says, "because we're not in Heaven yet." Choosing to be thankful goes so cross-grain to everything I feel right now...but the alternative hurts so much more. Love you, friend, and love this post.Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17285336545936110323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373649301575623347.post-31145219305276665472012-03-25T12:01:51.362-04:002012-03-25T12:01:51.362-04:00Thank you Tara :-)Thank you Tara :-)TUChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929114678006935831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373649301575623347.post-70745307508739228142012-03-25T11:54:46.605-04:002012-03-25T11:54:46.605-04:00And I am thanking Him with, "Thank you for re...And I am thanking Him with, "Thank you for reaching my friend." I've been praying for you for so long, my friend. I prayed with belief that you would find your way back. I knew that He is too good and you are too much a truth-seeker for you to remain estranged. Hugs to you. <br />That book was life-changing for me.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12808674825863044909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373649301575623347.post-3142605922942287822012-03-24T23:02:07.669-04:002012-03-24T23:02:07.669-04:00Anon,
I am so sorry for you that you suffered th...Anon, <br /><br />I am so sorry for you that you suffered that way. Thank you for sharing your story with me. <br /><br />My daughter Kimani did live through the meningitis and for that I am very grateful. Although she is the only biological daughter my husband and I have, I do also have two beautiful step-daughters and two beautiful adopted daughters to be thankful for.TUChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929114678006935831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373649301575623347.post-90580475513212286682012-03-24T22:24:42.790-04:002012-03-24T22:24:42.790-04:00I cannot understand the pain of the death of your ...I cannot understand the pain of the death of your only daughter. I have no children. I am not married. I was sexually abused. I do know what is feels like to hurt. I do know what it feels like to be so mad at God. To want to run from my God who I really need to run toward. I do not run toward Him some days, it is a turn and look. Or a step toward Him. And on days when it hurts, I even step back from Him. And as the days continue I have made that change from moving away to moveing closer. This is not a one day trip. It is a long journey. It has good days and sad days. And all days are acceptable. <br />Thank you for turning to see that God is still with you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373649301575623347.post-16700224186153541562012-03-24T18:33:43.201-04:002012-03-24T18:33:43.201-04:00While waiting to undergo surgery this week for bre...While waiting to undergo surgery this week for breast cancer, my mother said the following...I just have to believe that God planned this day for me just as carefully as he planned the happiest ones. I don't know how it all works, I just know it does and the days I spent fighting it after our princess was born, not understanding how the suffering of one can be outweighed by the joy of another but then I am reminded that we are not of this world quite frankly wore me out. I think about all the precious babies caged in the lands across the sea and those murdered while still in the womb and I just have to rest in the fact that we were made for a different place and there in that place he will make everything right.Heather McFarlandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373649301575623347.post-26860079833937470392012-03-24T18:09:06.862-04:002012-03-24T18:09:06.862-04:00Oh, TUC.....just......tears. There is piercing be...Oh, TUC.....just......tears. There is piercing beauty in your post, your heart, your life...and most of all in that breath-taking little face. I'm thankful for you and with you.RissaRoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09970056413266419558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373649301575623347.post-85443198065656468502012-03-24T17:10:25.362-04:002012-03-24T17:10:25.362-04:00She's beautiful....Far be it for me to underst...She's beautiful....Far be it for me to understand God's plans. I don't. I will never understand why my baby made it through OHS, while others' babies did not. But I am beyond thankful that my child was spared....because quite frankly, I wouldn't know how to live without her. I don't understand how precious beautiful loving children are thrown away like forgotten trash in other parts of the world simply because they carry an extra chromosome. I don't understand the heartache and suffering which seems to pervade every crack and crevice in our world. Despite my lack of understanding, He does have a plan which uses ALL things for His glory, if only we slow down long enough to look for it. <br />Praise Him through the storm, even when it seems impossible to do. Look for His rainbow...its there somewhere (my guess is shining from the eyes of that beautiful girl....)<br />Big hugs.Heidi Ehlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05361803948338350526noreply@blogger.com