She is ageless – at times a toddler that needs buckled into a high chair and at times a bride walking down the aisle on her wedding day. Sometimes she strokes my hand in my old age and other times she nuzzles into my arms as I carry her on a windy November morning. These … Continue reading She Rises
Category: Penny
Terminal Pre-natal Diagnosis: Choosing Life
Being pro-life with a terminal pre-natal diagnosis.
A Year Later
It was a year ago that we went in for our first specialist visit to discover the extent of our unborn daughter's heart condition. Katie was somewhere around 21 weeks and we had just celebrated Christmas. We laid our little girl to rest on March 19, and two weeks ago we were finally able to … Continue reading A Year Later
When God Says “It is Good”
It has been twelve weeks since we lost Penny and her death still weighs on our hearts daily. In a moment of tiredness I miss the daughter I never got to properly know. When my other three children are playing I grieve that they will not experience her joining them in their roller coaster ride … Continue reading When God Says “It is Good”
The Comfort of Concrete
It's Spring in the Ozarks and that means thunderstorms and tornado warnings. When the storms come my children will comfort themselves beneath their warm blankets and clutch their fuzzy stuffies. They do this because they are children and they don't know any better. They don't know that the only thing their blankets can provide is … Continue reading The Comfort of Concrete
Katie Writes, too – Thoughts on Comfort
Katie's thoughts on comfort following the loss of our daughter.
The Words I Said At Penny’s Funeral
When we found out the week after Christmas that Penny had a serious heart defect, we were faced with the possibility that she would die. It was hard as a father to take that. We want our children to live. But we determined to the best of our ability to be good parents to Penny … Continue reading The Words I Said At Penny’s Funeral
Penny’s First Words
Today we lost Penny.
The Margins
As we hit week 32 of a pregnancy that by all accounts could have ended weeks ago, we are praising the Lord for His goodness and His grace. I am mostly thankful for you and your prayers, which I believe have made the biggest difference. We are thankful for the doctors, although by their own … Continue reading The Margins
Hope Deferred
28 Week Update on Penny's Progress
Nathan Writes 