tonight my heart is heavy.
I have just returned from visiting my friend whose baby is in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
The baby has been in the ICU for two weeks, and will likely be there many months unless God intervenes.
tonight we prayed, and cried, and sang.
she said to me, "i just want my life back."
she has a two year old son as well, and he is going back and forth between the homes of friends, but her mommy heart wants to be with him, and the baby...like before. but she can't.
this is her new normal.
the two year old is either with daddy or mommy or random friends taking care of him, but never mommy and daddy and brother all together.
my friend said she just misses life, you know, being at home, reading books, doing laundry.
God, thank You for my life. Thank You for our laundry. Thank You for my dirty dishes. Thank You for our messy, sticky life. Thank You for the gift of things being normal, expected, routine.
what a gift!
Party of 3?
2 years ago
I will definitely pray for your friend. I had a similar experience, our son Kade was in the NICU for almost 2 months and our 14 month old daughter was transported to many different houses. God will sustain her. I look back now and know that God carried our family through that.
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