EASTER JOY...

It is no secret that my blogging has slowed down.  Much of my focus over the last few months has been on getting sleep, keeping the early sickness of the first twelve weeks of pregnancy at a minimum and managing my time in a manner that is family focused.  It is not that I do not think of writing, everyday there are things I think about writing, and in due time it will all come out over the keyboard of my computer. 


By now most of you have heard our wonderful news!  Expecting our seventh child has been a true blessing.  We are so very happy, Jeff, myself and the kids.  It's incredible to think that this baby was conceived around the time of Immaculee's due date.  I can't help but think she had a hand in all of this.  So we move forward one day at a time trying not to focus too often about this baby's due date or the sight of our children holding this child.  But just to relish in the everyday, thanking God for his goodness and that we have another day with this baby.  Thanks so much for all of the support, it's nice to know we are being thought of and prayed for.

healthy baby at 14 weeks

This past Easter was a beautiful one.  Never before has the Resurrection stirred up so much contemplation in this lady.  I wonder if I would have felt this way had it not been for loosing Immaculee.  To think that our Blessed Mother stood with a broken heart, shattered dreams, completely and utterly confused at the foot of the cross.  I have correlated my sorrows with hers in the past but it is mind blowing to think that just as her child was raised from the dead, someday mine will be also.  It was with great focus and curiosity that we celebrated this year.  We have told the kids (just as the church teaches) ever since the day Immaculee died that someday Jesus would make her new again, he would raise her from the dead at His second coming.  Sometimes I am taken back by how intently they believe this and even plan for it.  It is brought up on daily basis at our house.  In fact Bennett told me recently that when he gets enough money, he is going to buy a very tiny horse, so when Jesus makes Immacuee come out of the ground she can have a horse to ride.  Kalea wants to buy little things for her whenever we go shopping or she wants to keep her clothes out that do not fit her anymore so Immaculee has something to wear when she comes again.  Child like belief, pure and innocent.  I am so thankful for these reminders that surround me.  And so it is, HE IS TRULY RISEN, HE IS MAKING ALL THINGS NEW AGAIN.  I BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE LIFE OF THE WORLD TO COME. 

Mother, do not cry for me, all of this is exactly how it is supposed to be.