Dear Baby Alethia Joy,
Today is your 5th month birthday, my sweet precious daughter. But instead of spending it with us, your mommy and daddy, you are celebrating in the arms of Jesus in Heaven.
My heart aches for you and I think about you constantly. As I look back at the past year, my thoughts are consumed with all that I experienced as you grew within my womb.
It was right around this time last year that we began to share the news of expecting you with our family members and friends... what joy and excitement we experienced as we celebrated the life that was growing inside of me!
I am so thankful for the 39 weeks and 2 days that we had together. I will never forget how exciting it was to feel you move for the first time while sitting in church one Sunday morning.
What an amazing privilege it was to celebrate our 2nd wedding anniversary by seeing your sweet face on the ultrasound screen and watching you suck your thumb and finding out that we were expecting a little girl!
You were and are such a huge part of your mommy and daddy's life and we miss you with every thread of our beings.
Sweet baby Alli, when I think of you, I think of the impact that you've had on my and your daddy's life and on the lives of others as well. Our prayer and hope is that your brief little life would draw others to praise and glorify our Savior even in the midst of intense suffering and despair.
Because that is what you have taught us. That God is good. Even when things that happen in life aren't.
With all my love,
Your Mommy
Today is your 5th month birthday, my sweet precious daughter. But instead of spending it with us, your mommy and daddy, you are celebrating in the arms of Jesus in Heaven.
My heart aches for you and I think about you constantly. As I look back at the past year, my thoughts are consumed with all that I experienced as you grew within my womb.
It was right around this time last year that we began to share the news of expecting you with our family members and friends... what joy and excitement we experienced as we celebrated the life that was growing inside of me!
I am so thankful for the 39 weeks and 2 days that we had together. I will never forget how exciting it was to feel you move for the first time while sitting in church one Sunday morning.
What an amazing privilege it was to celebrate our 2nd wedding anniversary by seeing your sweet face on the ultrasound screen and watching you suck your thumb and finding out that we were expecting a little girl!
You were and are such a huge part of your mommy and daddy's life and we miss you with every thread of our beings.
Sweet baby Alli, when I think of you, I think of the impact that you've had on my and your daddy's life and on the lives of others as well. Our prayer and hope is that your brief little life would draw others to praise and glorify our Savior even in the midst of intense suffering and despair.
Because that is what you have taught us. That God is good. Even when things that happen in life aren't.
With all my love,
Your Mommy
7 comments:
so precious. thank you for sharing this with us. love you so much! keep clinging to HIM. HE is our strength.
wow. I love how you pour out what's in your heart. I can't wait to see you and hug you.
what beautiful words!
you're in my thoughts and prayers, landmarks like this are hard! keep on keeping on on...Love you!
Charity, thank you so much for all your encouragement through experience. My heart aches with you today. All of my love! And may our Abba comfort you today. manda ps, I don't have your e-mail
Charity, this is beautifully written, what a precious thing to hear the overflow of your heart for your sweet little girl. She is doubly blessed to be with Her Savior today and to have you for a Mom. Praying for you still, I know the pain doesn't end, it just becomes part of your "new normal." Hoping for a wonderful summer, full of new memories and joy.
Much love,
Stephanie
This is beautiful, Charity. I am still praying and thinking of you often. I know how your heart aches and how much you miss your precious girl. Thank you for sharing this.
I am praying for you, Charity.
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