The sad thing is that so many young couples today are choosing not to have children. One of my co-workers, a practicing Baptist, said he and his wife would prefer a dog to a child. How pitiful! May God stir their hearts.
Wow! Great story. And yes, it is sad that so many people choose to forego children, out of fear. We need to let go and let God. Trust God. He will reward you in ways you can’t imagine. Our children are the greatest blessing that my wife and I have.
A beautiful story NYer.
I just found out today my 82 year-old Mom has esophugal (sp) cancer. We are going tomorrow to get a cat scan to see if it has spread to other areas.
Please pray for us freeper friends. We have a wonderful Mom, and she has taught us all to love the Lord and life, all the small miracles overlooked everyday, like the flowers you mention.
She has taught her children compassion for others, to be generous with our love and time, and SO much more.
The coming weeks , and months, will be difficult.
“When I arrived at the nursing center, I met with the nurse who told me the most incredible events that happened that day. Throughout the day my Mom went about the ladies on her floor “thanking them for being such wonderful people” and telling them “I won’t be here tomorrow.”
My mom was dying of cancer and had gotten really bad off. She was EXTREMELY heavily medicated and when she would eventually sit up, she would sway on the side of the bed. I walked over to her and said “By Mama, see you tomorrow” and she said “You better call first, I think I have something to do”. She didn’t die that day technically, but she sank into a coma that she never recovered from and modern medicine is probably the only reason she didn’t die. That and my stepfather couldn’t let her go, but I don’t blame him, I couldn’t either. It’s amazing how you think either God or some miraculous doctor will swoop down in the final seconds of life and make something happen. Sometimes it does, most times it doesn’t. But you hang on because you just know that as soon as you let go, the miraculous drug will pump through the pike.
**When I arrived at the nursing center, I met with the nurse who told me the most incredible events that happened that day. Throughout the day my Mom went about the ladies on her floor “thanking them for being such wonderful people” and telling them “I won’t be here tomorrow.” She knew the nurse told me. It was so clear that she knew it would be her day to meet the Lord — to tell him what she had been waiting to do for some years.**
Wow!
May your mom rest in peace.