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cloudy days

Posted in the ones about babes in heaven, the ones about hope on July 31, 2008 | 6 Comments »

It was a little over a year ago that I was sitting on Heather’s couch watching the clock’s hand move from double digits to single digits. We had returned to her home that evening from our two-day trek across the dessert and desolate wasteland that separates St. Louis from Southern New Mexico. My cousin and [...]

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Posted in the ones about babes in heaven, the ones about hope, tagged , , , , on April 3, 2008 | 12 Comments »

I interrupt this impromptu blogging spring break to bring you yet another quote.
If you are going to all the trouble of checking this little blog, than the very least I can do is to give you something new to look at or in this case think about. And since I’m on “spring break,” I sharing [...]

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manna

Posted in the ones about babes in heaven, the ones about hope, tagged , , , , on February 1, 2008 | 16 Comments »

The other day I was at my mom’s group at our church, when a friend came up to ask me how I was doing. I told her I was doing well, but she tilted her head to the side and replied, “It must be hard for you to pray.”
The statement surprised me and stung as [...]

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evening song

Posted in the ones about babes in heaven, the ones about hope on June 21, 2007 | 8 Comments »

“The tenderness of God is twirling in our living room tonight” –Watermark

Sometimes the mercies of God come dressed in purple tulle and sequins with feather boa sleeves, a shiny, plastic crown, and a sparkling wand. I had come across that bit of lyric from Watermark’s song Elianna last night and had been pondering it [...]

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vespers

Posted in the ones about babes in heaven, the ones about hope on April 12, 2007 | 12 Comments »

Let Your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in You.
A few Thursdays ago…
Daddy: Ava, I have good news for you. Jesus heard your prayers and he has answered them.
Ava: Oh, yay!!! Oh, mama, there’s a baby in your belly. Oh, I love the baby. I’m so happy. I’m so [...]

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farewell our wee one

Posted in the ones about babes in heaven, the ones about hope on December 15, 2006 | 6 Comments »

Tomorrow morning Nate and I will say goodbye to the baby we have yet to meet. On Monday at our ten week prenatal visit the doctor was unable to find a heartbeat through either the monitor or the ultrasound. She later confirmed by ultrasound that the baby had died. Our sweet babe with face unseen [...]

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