tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669232949254960562.post921956655101402981..comments2023-04-17T07:56:57.717-04:00Comments on Naptime Confessional: The Kindness of OthersMary Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12212750107782259674noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669232949254960562.post-73593185932991152242010-01-15T00:09:16.636-05:002010-01-15T00:09:16.636-05:00MaryBeth - Mary and I are so sorry for your loss.
...MaryBeth - Mary and I are so sorry for your loss.<br /><br />I'm glad that a community that I am connected with is treating you with love and support - I'd help too if I knew what would help. It reinforces my faith in the good hearts and generous spirits of the beautiful people who surround us. <br /><br />To answer your question, we don't receive love and support in proportion to anything we might have done to deserve it (although I have no doubt that you *do* deserve it). No, love and support are graces just as surely as are faith and hope and sunny days, peaceful nights and laughter and long-awaited children. We receive these things and appreciate them because we are open to them and cherish them. May your heart remain as open to love and beauty as it obviously has been so far.<br /><br />Peace,<br />Kirsten AndersonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669232949254960562.post-38800921684403772792010-01-13T21:43:21.155-05:002010-01-13T21:43:21.155-05:00MB, why wouldn't people do that for you? You w...MB, why wouldn't people do that for you? You would do that for them. You are amazing.marciehttp://growninmyheart.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669232949254960562.post-13635291136477723142010-01-13T11:44:22.855-05:002010-01-13T11:44:22.855-05:00MaryBeth and Chris,
I've never blogged.
Today...MaryBeth and Chris,<br />I've never blogged. <br />Today, I am compelled to do so.<br /><br />I know how you feel...Willye and I shed some great tears on Monday. I remember hating the word, being so sad, confused and mad. That was our fact then...It took years to undertsand that every so often, I hear the slighest sound; the tiniest drift of smell and it brings me right back to my son... You will feel that too.<br />Calla Valentina is now a beautiful Angel. We don't know why, and perhaps will never know why these great sacrifices are asked of us mothers and fathers. A pain so large it's indescribable....As my children have awoke telling me about a fabulous dream they had of a brother they never knew, perhaps it will be Calla Valentina who will keep Eliot smiling in his sleep and entertainted in his dreams. I beleive that, it brought peace to my heart and someday you too will feel this. <br />You and Chris are amazing beautiful people.<br />I pray that you both find the strengh to endure, what should not be asked of any parent.Carlinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669232949254960562.post-43953020441599507422010-01-12T18:29:38.220-05:002010-01-12T18:29:38.220-05:00MB--You have had an unbelievably open, caring, emp...MB--You have had an unbelievably open, caring, empathetic spirit since the day I met you. <br /><br />If anyone deserves a thank you, it's you. Thank you for sharing Calla with us.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09415782712803495374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669232949254960562.post-66843046416757943722010-01-12T14:47:46.606-05:002010-01-12T14:47:46.606-05:00I am so thankful that you are feeling the support ...I am so thankful that you are feeling the support of many!! It helps so much to know you are not alone in your pain.Heather from Mom 4 Lifehttp://www.mom4life.comnoreply@blogger.com