Today is the 22nd.
March 22, 2008
We just got back from a trip to the snowy cemetery. With our 5 inches of very packable snow, we constructed a small snowman for Felicity. And we threw snow at each other. And I helped Orison make a snow angel. And we cried.
Abraham said some beautiful things today if you go here and here. The portrait was done by a woman in the church, who Abraham secretly commissioned, as a surprise for me. It hangs over the place where we once had her little bassinet.
Six months is a big milestone for me, personally. There’s something that happens when a baby turns six months, where they become so much more interesting, independent, personable. I just loved that phase with Orison. Not that I don’t cherish every phase, but for some reason, six months feels almost magical in my mind. It’s also significant to think that it’s been half a year. In some ways it feels like a lifetime ago, and in other ways it feels like yesterday.
Thank you for thinking of us and praying for us this weekend.
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shawnda | March 22, 2008 at 2:07 pm
tears…
love you!
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Tina | March 22, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Praying for you and your family. My heart still aches with you… What beautiful words someone left on your husband’s blog from More Love to Thee.
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rachel | March 22, 2008 at 7:50 pm
I just love how you guys remember and think about and observe these milestones in your journey with Felicity. Thank you for sharing, and for Aber’s’ beautiful words.
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Stacey | March 22, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Love the portrait…….
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Sunshine | March 23, 2008 at 11:15 am
Hi! I often times read Desiring God’s site and followed a link until I found your blog. After I read about your loss in September you and your husband have weighed heavily on my heart. I often times wonder how you are doing - I am so glad that I found your blog and I hope you do not mind if I read along! May your sweet family have a wonderful Easter! Sunshine
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Courtney | March 23, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Molly,
My mom and I prayed for you yesterday. We cry for you often. Thank you for sharing.
-Courtney
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Andie | March 23, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Happy Easter! I was so glad to see you at church today. Sorry it was so rushed- I have just wanted to give you a hug and say “hi” for months now so I told Andrew that I had to run and do it before we left. I’m really looking forward to seeing you when we are walking around this summer. Maybe we can come see your nature preserve
Whatever happened with Mr. Fox?
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Kellie | March 23, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Molly- I loved the portrait- I might have to get her name. Feliciity just looks beautiful in it. Also I loved Abraham’s post on Empty- I wanted to leave a comment on his but all I kept doing it was rereading it w/ tears- it was very powerful.
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Kendall | March 24, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Hello Molly,
I found your blog after a long line of “vias” including your husband’s and Desiring God…
I wanted to let you know that the Lord used your loss to encourage me to continue looking to him even before He took my daughter.
My baby girl - Autumn Elizabeth Lee - was born still on October 21st… almost an exact month after you lost your baby girl.
But reading about your family going through the exact thing made me completely unable to say “Why only me?” when the doctor told us the unbelievable news.
It was horrible - my firstborn child - gone before I knew her… but I KNEW that our Lord has also given this to others of His… and it kept me from despair.
I’ve blogged quite a bit about it - but I find myself still drawn to others who have experienced the same kinds of loss… and the poem that Abraham had on his blog on Easter was perfect.
Anyway, thank you for clinging to Jesus… and for reminding me (and others) that we are not lost in suffering - but that it is a special gift from our Father who loves us.
Crazy, but true enough to stake our souls on.
Blessings from Canada,
Kendall Manz
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Ashley | March 24, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Such a sad experience. I cannot imagine going through that. My cousin went through the same thing a few years ago before I had my own children, and the pain she felt wasn’t something I could fully understand. Even now, with my own child, I can’t fully understand what that’s like, but I have more of an idea than before.
But it’s so refreshing to see your heart for Christ during and after such an event in your life. Where so many run from God wondering why, you have run into His arms. That’s beauty.