Post by karakim on Nov 30, 2005 12:53:06 GMT -5
My David was "born" into heaven. Ive been having flashbacks all week. . .it feels really weird. But so far I am handling it ok.
***I just posted this on PAM, but I wanted to share it with you all on this board too. . .afterall this is where I started! I can still remember it just like yesterday when the pain was so raw and new. I just want you all to know, that it does get easier. Even after a year, I have my sad moments, but life does go on. Some of you maybe thinking that of course I can say this, since I am "happily pg again" but even before I was blessed with this pg, I realized that God had a plan for me, and I could still be happy even if that meant I would never be pg again. And of course I will NEVER forget my sweet David, and I look forward to the day when I can see him again, in heaven!***
I wanted to share an email that my father in law just sent me today. I know he doesnt realize what today is, but just the same his timing couldnt be more perfect.
Just edited this to say: THANK YOU Silent Grief for all that you have done for me!! Clara, may you be blessed for helping so many women in the way that you do!!
Kim
Email:
Couldn't help but think about you when I read this.
I a praise God everyday you are "raising" my son, grandson
and granddaughter. Luv ya bunches!
********************************************
To all my "coffee" friends. This is just too great not to pass on.
Carrot, Egg and Coffee...You will never look at a cup of coffee the
same way again...
A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life
and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she
was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of
fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved,
a new one arose.
Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water
and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the
first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the
last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil,
without saying a word.
In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished
the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs
out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out
and placed it in a bowl.
Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me what you see."
"Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied.
Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots.
She did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked
the daughter to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell,
she observed the hard boiled egg. Finally, the mother asked the
daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its
rich aroma.
The daughter then asked, "What does it mean, mother?"
Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the
same adversity - boiling water. Each reacted differently.
The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after
being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak.
The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its
liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside
became hardened.
The ground coffee beans were unique, however.
After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.
"Which are you?" she asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks
on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a
coffee bean?"
Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but
with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my
strength?
Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with
the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a
financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened
and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am
I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?
Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the
hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When
the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you
are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better
and change the situation around you.
When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest,
do you elevate yourself to another level? How do you handle
adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough
trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and
enough hope to make you happy.
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of
everything; they just make the most of everything that comes
along their way. The brightest future will always be based on a
forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of your
past failures a! nd heart aches. When you were born, you were
crying and everyone around you was smiling.
Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling and
everyone around you is crying.
You might want to send this message to those people who
mean something to you (I JUST DID); to those who have
touched your life in one way or another; to those who make
you smile when you really need it; to those who make you see
the brighter side of things when you are really down; to those
whose friendship you appreciate; to those who are so
meaningful in your life. If you don't send it, you will just
miss out on the opportunity to brighten someone's day with
this message!
It's easier to build a child than repair an adult .
This is so true - may we all be COFFEE
***I just posted this on PAM, but I wanted to share it with you all on this board too. . .afterall this is where I started! I can still remember it just like yesterday when the pain was so raw and new. I just want you all to know, that it does get easier. Even after a year, I have my sad moments, but life does go on. Some of you maybe thinking that of course I can say this, since I am "happily pg again" but even before I was blessed with this pg, I realized that God had a plan for me, and I could still be happy even if that meant I would never be pg again. And of course I will NEVER forget my sweet David, and I look forward to the day when I can see him again, in heaven!***
I wanted to share an email that my father in law just sent me today. I know he doesnt realize what today is, but just the same his timing couldnt be more perfect.
Just edited this to say: THANK YOU Silent Grief for all that you have done for me!! Clara, may you be blessed for helping so many women in the way that you do!!
Kim
Email:
Couldn't help but think about you when I read this.
I a praise God everyday you are "raising" my son, grandson
and granddaughter. Luv ya bunches!
********************************************
To all my "coffee" friends. This is just too great not to pass on.
Carrot, Egg and Coffee...You will never look at a cup of coffee the
same way again...
A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life
and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she
was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of
fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved,
a new one arose.
Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water
and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the
first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the
last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil,
without saying a word.
In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished
the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs
out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out
and placed it in a bowl.
Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me what you see."
"Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied.
Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots.
She did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked
the daughter to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell,
she observed the hard boiled egg. Finally, the mother asked the
daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its
rich aroma.
The daughter then asked, "What does it mean, mother?"
Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the
same adversity - boiling water. Each reacted differently.
The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after
being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak.
The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its
liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside
became hardened.
The ground coffee beans were unique, however.
After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.
"Which are you?" she asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks
on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a
coffee bean?"
Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but
with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my
strength?
Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with
the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a
financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened
and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am
I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?
Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the
hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When
the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you
are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better
and change the situation around you.
When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest,
do you elevate yourself to another level? How do you handle
adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough
trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and
enough hope to make you happy.
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of
everything; they just make the most of everything that comes
along their way. The brightest future will always be based on a
forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of your
past failures a! nd heart aches. When you were born, you were
crying and everyone around you was smiling.
Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling and
everyone around you is crying.
You might want to send this message to those people who
mean something to you (I JUST DID); to those who have
touched your life in one way or another; to those who make
you smile when you really need it; to those who make you see
the brighter side of things when you are really down; to those
whose friendship you appreciate; to those who are so
meaningful in your life. If you don't send it, you will just
miss out on the opportunity to brighten someone's day with
this message!
It's easier to build a child than repair an adult .
This is so true - may we all be COFFEE
