This stings a little...
Today a good friend of mine from high school is scheduled to be induced with her second baby. As I was praying for her this morning , her sweet son and her staff at the hospital... I broke down in tears. It's so hard to watch people do something so normal, when I have been a part of the 1 in 4 who had something terrible happen. I've experienced stillbirth. This is the first person who has given birth that I haven't hidden from my Facebook newsfeed... it hasn't been painful to watch her pregnancy... so now, for it to sting surprises me. I can't help but think what a blessing babies are... and how grateful I am for my children. Yes, life in the year since Jacob's death has been difficult and hard to bear at times... but I have learned more about myself and my relationship with the Lord than ever before. I will push through the tears today and thoughts of the bittersweet time I had with my youngest son today...knowing tha...