As my father in law puts it, there are many tender mercies. There is no better way to put it. During this loss of Kamber there has been an out pouring of love and tender mercies. Beautiful blessings come from hard times. We have the privileged to have Kambers sweet spirit still in our home. The feelings of comfort and peace are her. We have felt it and continue to feel it. It is real! She has never left our side.
One of the best tender mercies we have experienced happened the evening of August 1st. This is the day we buried Kamber. It was a hard day,but we made it through. The spirit was so strong that day. After the funeral Ethan and I were told that our sister-in-law Annie was having contractions and was heading to the Hospital. This was about 3 weeks before her due date. I had a feeling a sweet new spirit was on his way to us. Ethan and I were exhausted so we went home to take a nap. I awoke suddenly and quickly slipped into a light sleep. I saw little Gunnar being born. Within minutes of seeing that, my sister-in-law Mindi called to let me know Annie had her baby. I already knew. Gunnar came on a day of sadness that turned into happiness. We couldn't have asked for a better day for Gunnar to be born. He has come to a beautiful family with special parents that will teach him well. We feel it is so special that Kamber was there when Gunnar came to this earth and she will be there when he returns home. She has so many things yet to do and so do we. I am thankful for all the tender mercies in my life. I hope each and everyone of you will look for them in your life, big or small. They are always there we just have to look.
5 comments:
How cool that you saw little Gunnar born! That's amazing!
Jen, I am so glad that you have chosen to make some documentations of your daughters life and to have it available for anyone to read. I thouroughly enjoyed reading every post and I was reminded of just how clueless we are of just how long or short we are here on earth.
Everyone who reads these messages that you continue to write will remember to give their children that much more compassion each moment we have with them.
So thank you for your sweet words.
How wonderful that you have that extra encouragement for the rest of your life to return to our Heavenly Father. What a joyous day that will be for you and your family.
Love you lots and we will see you again sometime.
Autumn
Hey Jen. I had to leave you a comment and say hi. I have loved reading this blog and getting to know sweet little Kamber. She is so beautiful! You are so strong and so inspiring to me. Your experience has really made me stop and think about my life and what I need to change. Anything can happen in a second and I need to be ready for whatever comes my way. Thanks for sharing her short life with us! Hang in there, I think of you often.
p.s. my sister said you were in her ward before you moved. justin and angie clegg? ring a bell?
maren urkov (rasmussen)
Hi Jennifer,
I am sure you don't remember me but I went to junior high with you (Jessica Doyle). Anyway, I was blog-hopping and I found this blog. I just wanted to tell you how inspiring you are to me. I cannot imagine the grief that you are feeling but yet you still have the ability to reach out through your sadness and spread Heavenly Fathers plan. Thank you for that.
Your daughter is amazing and I am sure that she is busy doing her work as well. Thank you to both of you..... you have touched my heart.
Jessica
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