He's Holding Them Now...

My preachers daughter and her husband found out they were going to have a baby a while ago.

And then they found two heartbeats...

It was an long, but exciting journey for them both, as you can imagine! Their first baby, then there are two... Oh they were excited.

A few days after her baby shower, she started having problems, and they had to deliver a few months early... And we know that one complication can sometimes lead to another...

One week later, on Thanksgiving day, one of those twins died in the NICU.

That was a funeral I will not soon forget, it was one of those bitterly cold days, but we were outside, at a funeral, for a baby... so of course, it was even worse.

The other one, of course, still had some issues, but he started to pull through... They were all excited, and hopeful. I can remember my preacher was ecstatic. He'd always keep the church up to date and say things like "He isn't out of the woods yet, folks, but God is good, and the baby is a fighter, God can bring him through!"

About three months later, the other twin died.

Another sad, sad funeral. I mean, funerals are always sad... But when it's an older person, I think they can be easier. They got to live a long, happy life... With these babies, it was sad because they never got that chance.

Anyway, I said all that to say this: These people have had it hard. They have every right to quit, and to just give up on God all together.

But they don't.

Of course they have bad days, and of course it's hard for them to look at that empty nursery every day. They were ready to be parents.

But they have been the biggest blessing to me.
After all they have been through, they still encourage me, and pray for me. I do the same for them as well...

It takes a strong person to be that way... I am friends with these people, and it is such a comfort to talk to someone who knows a bit of what I'm talking about. Of course, they can't fathom what exactly I am saying, just as I cannot try to fathom what they are going through, but we have an idea.

Vickie, (the mother) told me this, and it made me think, it made me cry, it made me proud, and it comforted me:

"Mel, I know Jim would have been such a good daddy... I am sure he is holding my little guys right now."

I think she's right. He's probably teaching them "boy stuff"

I know God will take care of Jim, as well as the babies... But I think he'd be okay with Jim helping out, since he knew them and all...

What a thought! My man (Who would have been the best daddy) is holding her guys right now...