We join other parents worldwide today, October 15, for Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day. Different is each story and expression of grief yet the loss ties us together. From someone who lost our firstborn and at another time had a miscarriage, here are some things we’d like to share.
🤍 It happens and most of the time it’s not anybody’s fault, and nothing could have been that would have changed what happened.
🤍 When it happens, there are no right words—there are no words. But send some from your heart.
🤍 There are strollers and runners. Each one has their own pace and however slow or fast is okay. It’s progress that matters. Don’t force strollers to run nor runners to stroll.
🤍 Be there. Send words. Send hugs. Send food. Send prayers. Be God’s love to them whether in the strolling or the running.
Personally I’d like to thank again everyone who prayed with and for us for Brei. I say it again,
We are where we are by God’s grace through many prayers and the prayers of many—thank you! đź–¤
If you are going through loss, sharing a part of the final chapter of our book:
I pray that whatever broke you today, you allow God to use to make you whole. I pray that what feels like things falling apart today, tomorrow you would see that things were simply falling into place. I am certain that if you continue holding on to God, you, too, will get to that point when it’s no longer about what He could have done, but in looking back you would see the hand of God working for your good, even when He didn’t have to.
Our story is in “When God Could’ve But He Didn’t.” The ebook will be on sale for a week on Amazon/Kindle starting October 15 8am PST (Oct 15 11pm PH). It will be $0.99 then after a few days $1.99 before it’s back to its usual price.
Featured image credit: iStock/Chinnapong
