Bereaved Mother’s Day

It’s bereaved Mother’s Day. I didn’t even know this was a specified day until a couple years ago when a friend of mine had lost her twins. I had forgot about it until today when I opened Facebook and someone had posted about it. “Oh yeah,” I thought, “this is a day and I’m a part of it now”. What a sucky realization. At church we talked about how next week is Mother’s Day but nothing about today. We talked about how children are a gift from the Lord and that is true but the thought crept in “then why are our arms empty right now”. But with more consideration I guess being bereaved doesn’t take away the fact that they are still a gift. It’s just harder to see the gift and while the blessing of those children gone too soon aren’t here tangibly for us to love and hold the blessing of their lives and the lessons that come with them are still true and real and…a blessing. I miss Huxley every day and I never won’t miss him this side of Heaven but I know where he is and where I’m going and like Samuel said earlier tonight “I’m happy he has Jesus”. Me too little buddy, me too. Sending love to all the bereaved mamas today. May you be held a little closer in His embrace and know that our little ones are loved perfectly and immensely by the most wonderful savior.