Blogging opens windows into other people's lives. Sometimes what you discover is fun....new recipes, craft ideas, good photography......but sometimes what you find is heartbreak. I haven't been able to get my eyes to stop leaking for the past hour and my chest hurts, really hurts. Sometimes God is just so unfair, it's hard to trust that he is in control when such horrible things happen to innocent little lives.
After a few ear infections, some breathing difficulties and two random black eyes the McClenahan family discovered that their 10 month old (?) Cora, had cancer on her kidney and all over her liver. Cora went from being relatively fine (normal-ish winter kiddo sickness) mid January to being attached to tubes in the hospital at the end of January to going to heavan this past Sunday, February 8th. I can not even imagine what this family is going through, I am a mess and I don't even know them. Maybe this all hits close to home for me because I have a baby who is so close in age, with matching chubby cheeks and twinkling eyes, I feel heart sick and guilty. I should never have complained about my fussy child, or her digestive issues. I am lucky that she fusses, lucky to have her, lucky that she is healthy. I need to try and ALWAYS remember how blessed I am, how lucky I am to have my babies. I wanna hold Charlotte, press her tightly to me and smell her sweetness.....she's napping right now, but man, when she gets up!!!
Cora's funeral is this morning. If you are the praying type, please pray for her family. They will need all the blessings they can get during this time. There is a playground being built in her name at the family's church in Kansas, donations can be made through paypal on this site, or you can send a check to the church directly by clicking here.
Give your little ones some extra lovin' today and remember how truly blessed you are to have them to hold!
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When Dec was just a few months old I found a family's (that I did not know) website and the first blog was about the year anniversary of their son's death from SIDS. Like the masochist that I can be sometimes, I read and read all the way to the year before, the whole time sobbing and sobbing, telling myself I should stop. Why do we do this to ourselves? I can't even imagine going through something like that and my heart breaks for those who do. As much as I would like to read about that family, I'm not going to because I can't do that to myself again. Thank you though for caring enough to share and I will now pray for them.
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