2 Months Ago

Two months today. That's when everything changed and everything stayed the same. I was just thinking this morning about how very big I would be right now if things were different. 

This afternoon, Jenn Dabb brought me a gift. She didn't know that today was 2 months later, but the project she had been working on for me was completed today. The timing was God's gift to me. 

When I found out that I was pregnant for the first time (before Chloe), my mom and my Aunt Debbie made a blanket for that little one... within a week of finding out! I love how excited these two women get about projects! They express their love creatively ALL the time. I can't tell you how many things have been created, altered, improved, repaired, etc. by these two women. To give appropriate credit, Debbie is the one who sews (an understatement for sure!). Mom provides invaluable help... and creative insight at times. When we lost that one at a little over 6 weeks, Mom and Debbie came to be with me - to mourn with me and to take me shopping (another way they care for me!). They gave me the blanket they had made - a little unsure if they should - and I have loved having it. 

Mom and Debbie made a blanket for this little one as well. This time, they stitched a heart into it:

The blocks were a Christmas gift from Kevin to Baby No. 3

Thank you, Mom and Debbie, for sewing up love for me. It blesses me to see this in our home. Chloe knows who it belongs to (and the blocks) and often tells people, "That is for our baby in heaven." Jenn, thank you for taking these amazing pictures. I am able to show everyone this gift and to honor my Mom and Debbie more effectively because you gave me so much of your time.

Father, thank you for your new mercies everyday. Thank you for your sovereign kindness. Thank you for bringing all of this together today so that I can remember your faithfulness in suffering.