Lightning Strikes Twice: Amaris gets a visit from her brother

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Amaris gets a visit from her brother

My daughter starts third grade tomorrow. She's been pretty nervous about it all summer. She moved to a new school half way through the year and had a hard time making friends, as well as a less than sweet teacher. She just found out that her new teacher is the "mean" teacher in the school! I'm HOPING that rumor is nothing more than that. But still, she was scared as we went to meet her today. Guess who sits next to my Ami? A boy named Porter. And behind her? A boy named Jackson. Her brother in heaven is named Porter Jackson. I smiled, feeling like he was letting her know he'll be watching out for her this year, maybe hanging with her when she's lonely. Ami feels much better about starting school tomorrow now! She's convinced her teacher is 99% nice and she's got her backpack ready and her clothes laid out!

2 comments:

Audra Owens said...: I hope she has a great school year and that both Porter and Jackson are nice to her :) Happy to see you blog again!; August 9, 2011 at 10:12 PM
Bri said...: So wonderfully reassuring for her, Kelly! I'm sad to hear she's been having a rough time. Sometimes those meanies are the best teachers!; August 10, 2011 at 12:09 AM

Our Timeline

December 13, 2000 Married

January 31, 2002 Birth of Healthy Son

8 months later, eek! Pregnant Again!

July 29, 2003 Birth of Healthy Daughter

March 2005 Early Miscarriage of twin girls

December 2007, after a long wait for hubby to finish school, a longed-for confirmed pregnancy!

September 7, 2008 39 weeks, Stillborn Son Delivered - rare cord accident

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Save the Date!

October is Baby Loss Remembrance Month, so look for walks and candle light ceremonies near you - or start one of your own!

The last weekend of April we went to Payson for a family retreat with Hospice. It's specifically for families who have recently lost a loved one. It was a great, positive time. The kids thrived wtih other kids who have had to look at death. Ironically, there was a nurse there who had, 25 years ago, lost a son to SIDS. She still cried when she shared about it. I was thankful for her. I was thankful for everyone, their honesty. We are all on a struggle together, no matter the loss we face. The retreat is held twice a year if you are interested.

"...and the infant perisheth not that die in his infancy..." Mosiah 3:18

"The Lord takes many away even in infancy, that they may escape the envy of man, and the sorrows and evils of this present world; they were too pure, too lovely, to live on earth; therefore if rightly considered, instead of mourning we have reason to rejoice as they are delivered from evil, and we shall soon have them again."

"All children are redeemed by the Blood of Jesus Christ, and the moment that children leave this world, they are taken to the bosom of Abraham."- The first LDS Prophet, Joseph Smith, said this. Whether or not he was inspired spiritually, he was a father who lost babies as well. He had a stillborn son, twins die at birth, and a baby die in infancy. Somehow, thinking of his family's losses and perseverance gives me comfort.

"And in that day...there shall be no sorrow because there is no death.

"In that day an infant shall not die until he is old; and his life shall be as the age of a tree;

"And when he dies he shall not sleep, that is to say in the earth, but shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye, and shall be caught up, and his rest shall be glorious.

"Yea, verily I say unto you, in that day when the Lord shall come, he shall reveal all things-"

Doctrine and Covenants 101:29-31