I recently attended a baby shower for one of Katie’s best friends. It is such a blessing to have a connection to Katie’s friends after fifteen years. I have been a part of many happy events that have occurred in their lives, as well as some that have been very tragic. As I have watched them grow into mature women, it has also been a reminder of all the things I did not get to see happen in Katie’s life. I have often wondered what my daughter would be doing if she had lived beyond her seventeen years. Would she have found a wonderful man and had children? Her plan after high school was to attend college and work with special needs children. Would that have been a dream realized? I will never get to see what her life would have been here on earth. God had a different course for her life. The one thing I do know and where I put my hope is that one day you and I will get exactly what we desire. We will be reunited with our children, and on that day you and I will get to see what our children have been accomplishing in their home in heaven. My guess is it will be far better than anything we or they could have imagined.
To perfect flowers of happiness, where’er her feet may go;
Bid Truth’s bright shield and Love’s strong arm, protect her from all earthly harm.
Lest there should be some other thing, better than all the rest,
That I have failed to ask I said, “Give Thou the very best
Of every gift that Thou dost deem better than aught I hope or dream.”
“Better than I can ask or dream!” This was my prayer, and now
That she is lying still and pale, with God’s peace on her brow,
I wonder, sobbing, sore dismayed, if this be that for which I prayed
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Lord, we miss our children so much, but we know they are in a perfect place never to feel the hurts of this life here on earth. They are living in a perfect place with You. What more could we want for them.
