An add to Wednesday's post on 99 Balloons and Eliot

I showed the interview with the Mooney's on Wednesday. This amazing couple with two gorgeous children.

I wanted to show the video that started it all - Eliot's story with 99 Balloons.

God is SO good, is He not? I hope He would give me the grace to feel that love if I ever walk in similar shoes as this couple and family. Because I firmly believe there are no mistakes, just another facet of God's likeness (sadly, I struggle with always seeing those likenesses).

God is Good. God Gives. God Takes. His name be ever blessed.




"An undeveloped lung, a heart with a hole in it and DNA that placed faulty information into each and every cell of his body could not stop God from proclaiming Himself through a child who never uttered a word."

At a recent girl's night out, I shared how these stories touch me (children like Eliot, or children who survived a trial, or even other adults traveling a hard road). One of my friends said she was surprised I could read such stories, especially about children. To me, it is easier than you think. I cry, I'm touched, I mourn when there is loss, but I'm made better because of it. I feel children like Eliot show truth, were here for a reason, and if I'm made better for knowing a piece of them, then they DID really MATTER while they were here. As a mom - this just comes naturally to me. I'd want to share my daughters with others because they were here. I already do now. Either those just in the womb, or even at 50 years old. They. were. here.

That's why I remember. That's why I'm touched every time. And I appreciate my family more EVERY time. For that, I'm thankful. Thanks for letting me share that...especially on the eve of my daughter's birthday.

(and really, babies come into the world as God always intended us to be before the "fall" - innocent, pure, delightful, and in NEED of Someone to take care of us. I think that is why children really touch me - they are, in all forms, conditions, race, color, or medical definition, the closest thing to God's likeness. That is the most powerful part of it all to me. And, something I many times take for granted or forget. I thank the Eliots of the world for reminding me.)