dear forum folks,
Normally I would not come out and make a whole new thread be about something personal going on in our family's life. But this forum has been such a blessing to me, and there are so many of you that I know personally now, having met you at conferences, or at Sodalitas, that I wanted so share our most recent news about our littlest one.
Those of you who were at Sodalitas knew that I was 8 weeks pregnant at the time, and were so kind and sweet to offer to pray for our little one. Well, we can really use the prayers. We found out yesterday that our 22 week-er has Trisomy 13. This does not have a good prognosis. We have lost little ones before, with no chance to see them, or know them. For that reason, I am grateful that whatever happens, we will get to name this little person, and have memories of him or her. For those of you who pray, my one hope is that baby will be able to be Baptized and Confirmed. So if you could please pray for that request, I would be most grateful.
Our family is doing well with this news, as we have faced other difficult times and the children know that our real life is the life we will live in heaven. Our 8 year who has a congenital heart condition had a great insight last night...basically, that we will all die anyway, so why be sad?
Faith in children is a blessing indeed. Today also happens to be our 4 year-old's birthday. So on a day when we could be so sad, we are instead rejoicing in life, and the joy that all our children have brought us.
So you will see that my signature has changed, and if you just please remember to pray for us when you see it, I would be so grateful. And thank you all for being such a community to me, on this journey that we are all on.
AMDG,
Sarah
Normally I would not come out and make a whole new thread be about something personal going on in our family's life. But this forum has been such a blessing to me, and there are so many of you that I know personally now, having met you at conferences, or at Sodalitas, that I wanted so share our most recent news about our littlest one.
Those of you who were at Sodalitas knew that I was 8 weeks pregnant at the time, and were so kind and sweet to offer to pray for our little one. Well, we can really use the prayers. We found out yesterday that our 22 week-er has Trisomy 13. This does not have a good prognosis. We have lost little ones before, with no chance to see them, or know them. For that reason, I am grateful that whatever happens, we will get to name this little person, and have memories of him or her. For those of you who pray, my one hope is that baby will be able to be Baptized and Confirmed. So if you could please pray for that request, I would be most grateful.
Our family is doing well with this news, as we have faced other difficult times and the children know that our real life is the life we will live in heaven. Our 8 year who has a congenital heart condition had a great insight last night...basically, that we will all die anyway, so why be sad?
Faith in children is a blessing indeed. Today also happens to be our 4 year-old's birthday. So on a day when we could be so sad, we are instead rejoicing in life, and the joy that all our children have brought us. So you will see that my signature has changed, and if you just please remember to pray for us when you see it, I would be so grateful. And thank you all for being such a community to me, on this journey that we are all on.
AMDG,
Sarah
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