Letter to the Mom Still Grieving Her Baby’s Diagnosis
Shanae Thompson
Dear grieving mom,
You received a prenatal diagnosis for your child that turned your world and your motherhood upside down. I see your full heart and now your empty arms. I see you replaying all of the decisions you had to make, wondering if you chose the right care options. This is not at all what you expected your motherhood journey to look like. Maybe you had never even considered that this could be anyone's experience and yet, here you are. I am there, too.
I hope you can remember that you made the best decisions that you could with what you knew. Most importantly, I hope you remember that you were making choices from a place of deep love. I know that you love your child as only a mother can and gets to.
Motherhood means loving your child, no matter where they are. Parenting a child in Heaven looks a lot different than parenting children on Earth, but it is no less valid or important. Each child expands our mothering hearts no matter how long or brief we get to have them with us.
My encouragement to you is to pray for gentleness this weekend, both from others and from yourself. Lean into the love that God has woven into your heart for your precious child and His love for you, His child. May the Lord carry and sustain you until the day you are reunited with your baby in Heaven, worshiping your Savior together.
Love,
a mom who understands (and needs these reminders herself)
MEET THE AUTHOR: Shanae Thompson
Shanae and her husband Seth are the parents of three children-- a three-year-old boy in their hands, Eloise Rose in Heaven, and another girl in their hopes due July 2022. Eloise was diagnosed with Trisomy 18 at 25 weeks of pregnancy and lived out three beautiful, sacred days before being completely healed in the presence of the Lord. Shanae's background is in teaching children and now embraces being home to raise their children in middle-of-nowhere Iowa
Connect with Author: @shanae_roset
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