From Great Sorrow Comes Great Joy

As you all know Jacob and I recently lost our beautiful Catherine. It has been an extremely difficult journey to recovery. Our hope lies in the Lord and we know that we will one day get to embrace our beautiful little girl. This past Wednesday we attended a beautiful mass at St. Laurence in honor of all the families that have been through this difficult experience. The women that coordinated everything had all been through miscarriages themselves and really made it a night to remember. The mass was truly spectacular. Each and every mass is heaven on earth and to share that with so many other families who were grieving alongside of us was really special. The readings were hand chosen to relay hope and challenging us to see our loss as a gain for the kingdom of God. We were all part of God's special plan to create a new soul which in his infinite wisdom he believed was more needed in Heaven than on earth. All of our precious babies are serving full time on Christ's army. What consolation it is to know that our beautiful Catherine is interceding for us at the foot of Christ. After the homily all the parents who have lost a child to miscarriage were called to the front for a special blessing. I can barely explain what it feels like to be a part of this sorrowful yet faithful group. Everyone embraced as we returned to our seats, its a special feeling to know that the person you are hugging really does understand your heartache. It was a beautiful and emotional evening and was a nice way to give ourselves some much needed closure.

Through much prayer and discernment Jacob and I decided we were ready to try again in early July and God has blessed us again. We saw our precious baby a few weeks ago and there is definitely a strong heartbeat! As you can imagine we are thrilled beyond belief and are ready to welcome our little one come March. So far this pregnancy God has been sending me daily updates that we have a healthy baby, in the form of all day sickness! I am too overjoyed to be pregnant to complain! Oh and it has definitely helped with loosing a few extra pounds before I begin to show! Thank you to all of you who have kept us in your prayers. God is good all the time!