Another Mommy’s Faith

****UPDATE***** The blogging community is nicer than I thought! I posted this a couple days after I found out of Wendi’s loss. And some of her other blogging buddies created this sweet band from A March of Dimes. It is an organization that funds the research for preventing premature birth and miscarriages. If you are so inclined, you can head over there and make a little (or big) donation. Isn’t this just the greatest community of Moms?

My socks are just blessed right off right now!

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Dear Mommies who are reading this right now,

There is another of us, another Mommy, who I’ve spoken of before. Her button - [Everyday Miracles] is in my sidebar. She posts very honestly, sometimes it is raw and emotional. And sometimes it is shining like sunshine into my heart. I think it is in Timothy, in the Bible where it talks about women holding each other. Teaching each other. Mentoring. Sharing our faith. Being THERE. Now, I know this is bloggie world. And I’m just learning what that means to me exactly. On some levels I feel weird caring THIS much for a woman I’ve never met. On so many more levels, I feel so blessed to have known her even this little bit. I only know her from her posts. Those things she writes about. Those things she is willing to share with the public. Here’s an excerpt:

My fingers are shaking a bit as I begin what I know will be a hard post to write. Today in the very same ultra sound room where I found out all was not well with my first pregnancy I, once again, received news I didn’t want to hear.

This is how she finishes that post…My sweet Noe who is all too quickly transforming into toddler hood. He smelled so sweetly. For once he actually let me hold him tight. Lately he has been so eager to be on the go that He doesn’t have much time for cuddling with mom any more. What a sweet moment when he laid his head on my chest and was just still.

So tonight I plan to emulate Noe’s calm surrender. “The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save, He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.” And I will cry. And I will let myself feel all of the feelings that I must.

You know what Mommies? Sometimes I am afraid to care for others. I am afraid to get emotionally involved. I am afraid to feel. What if it puts me over the edge? This has taught me to care. To try. This woman’s faith has encouraged me beyond belief. She is going through what must be such a difficult thing to go through. And yet she holds on. She is not all doom and gloom. She is SAD. And she is teaching me that there is a difference. She is sad. She is not despondent and without hope. Because she has a hope. And so do I.

You can read her story, and how she’s doing today at: http://miraculouschaos.blogspot.com/ or click on the button in my sidebar [Everyday Miracles].

I hope you are as blessed as I have been.