Dear Family and Friends

It is with a heavy heart that I write this entry. On Monday Katie and I were told we lost our baby after nine weeks of pregnancy. Although early, this baby was already loved immensely and it was a tremendous blow to us. We are making progress in the grieving process, and each day it gets a little better as Psalm 30:5 states, “Weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning”. There will always be periodical moments of sadness; however, we know our little one is in a better place, and it is this that we rejoice, because Heaven has taken our little one in. The miscarriage was chromosomal, which means that it was of no fault of our own, but rather biologically that this happened. Chromosome deficiencies are what most miscarriages this early stem from and can not be helped. We still plan on having a family and trust that the Lord will bless us when it is of His timing and circumstance.

One comfort we have has come through a program that is sponsored by the hospital and a local funeral home, that minister to families that go through miscarriages. After a D&C procedure, which Katie had on Wednesday, the hospital gives the remains to the funeral home, and at no charge they cremate and bury the remains in a memorial garden at the hospital. This will be a place that we can go and visit our little one.

Katie and I have talked numerous times of how much harder this would be if we were not Christians. Without our faith we would have no reassurance that our child was in a place of comfort, and more importantly that one day we will hold our child in our arms. Christianity is the only religion that gives hope and it is this that we hold onto during this time: hope in God, hope in Heaven, and hope that our child is now walking with the Lord. I ask for your prayers as we continue to grieve and cope with this situation, and as we seek the Lord to know what to do next. If you are reading this then you are a part of our family by blood or friendship, and we appreciate everything you have done for us thus far, and know that you all will continue to bless our lives.

Psalm 71:20-21
”Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up. You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.”

2 Corinthians 1:3-5
”Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.”