"Heaven is for Real"

My dad gave me this book yesterday, he sat and read the entire book in one sitting, he said it was good, he said it would make me cry....Chapter 17 did, when the little boy, Colton tells his mom he met his sister in Heaven...a baby the mom lost due to a miscarriage before becoming pregnant w/her son Colton."But Sonja had told me that to her, the miscarriage not only scarred her heart with grief, but it also felt like a personal failure." Pg. 97

http://heavenisforreal.net/

"I will carry you..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2CnUtVY35o

Shortly after learning that her unborn child's condition would be terminal, Angie Smith (Selah) found herself compelled to write a love letter, a song, to the precious daughter living inside her. Titled “I Will Carry You,” Angie wrote it as a way to tell Audrey, her unborn child, about experiences she longed to have with her, but knew the two would never share.

As if you were nestled in my arms.....

Excerpt from “Hearing His Name”

I recall sitting in a meeting, uncomfortable, I remember placing my hand on my right rib cage, trying to apply pressure to ease the discomfort. What I didn’t know at that time was my baby had rested his head there. On Wednesday of that week I went into the doctor for a visit, in my heart I knew they would not be finding his heartbeat, I knew my baby had passed. We went into the hospital that afternoon to induce labor. Before inducing my labor they performed a sonogram and it was as if my son was nestled in my arms, his head lay on my right side and his feet were to my left. I now was concerned that they would have to perform a c-section, I was frightened. They left the room to prepare an epidural. My father prayed. I had the epidural and the doctor’s returned to attempt to manually turn the baby. Before they began the process they performed another sonogram and to their surprise and ours the baby was now in the correct position for labor and delivery. This was the miracle God had planned for me. And how neat it was to hear my midwife say it was “divine intervention”. It was God! God just performed a miracle, in my hospital room, in my body. Today I don’t know if I completely understand the lessons the Lord was trying to teach me through this experience. I feel that God is still unveiling His purpose to me.

www.babble.com

Rufus Griscom and Alisa Volkman co-founded http://www.babble.com/ a website for parents. A friend sent me a link to a presentation this couple made that was posted on http://www.ted.com/ . In this presentation Babble.com publishers Rufus Griscom and Alisa Volkman, in a lively tag-team, expose 4 facts that parents never, ever admit -- and why they should. Funny and honest, for parents and non-parents alike.

Taboo #3 "You can't talk about your miscarriage." Alisa Volkman begins to share about this difficult and painful time in her life. As she opens up and shares it reminds me of many thoughts and feelings I had when I learned the baby boy I was carrying would not survive. Alisa Volkman states, "(I felt that I had) failed at delivering what I was genetically engineered to do". I remember feeling the same way, blaming myself, what did I do or not do, why was this pregnancy different from my previous pregnancies? Alisa Volkman continues with talking about her mourning process, she explained that she felt like she didn't want to see anybody, "wanted to crawl into a hole", she didn't know how to work her way back into the surrounding community. When she did start to work her way back, she was surprised at the stories others shared with her about their own loss.

http://www.ted.com/talks/rufus_griscom_alisa_volkman_let_s_talk_parenting_taboos.html 

Newsletter Article

http://www.scsm.tv/images/document/SCSM%20Newsletter%20December%202010%20ws.pdf

See page 7 of newsletter for article titled, "Hearing His Name".