It is so hard to believe it was four years ago (April 30) when I held my precious Seth Timothy in my hands. His tiny body only needed one hand to hold him. His lungs never held breath, but his short life still holds on to my heart.
I'll never forget longing to feel his little body moving inside mine, but that joy never came. It was shortly after that we discovered that our precious baby no longer had a heartbeat... no longer had life on this side of Heaven.
As I was reading Psalm 139 yesterday, I was able to embrace the fact, once again, that Seth's short life was no surprise to my sovereign God. God does have a perfect plan. I am okay with that. Being okay with that doesn't remove all the pain associated with it, but it does comfort the pain. New life doesn't replace the pain, but it can bring joy. Virginia was our unexpected new life after the short life of our Seth Timothy. She has certainly brought us joy... but she doesn't replace the one we'll never watch grow up. She's another unique blessing.
~Melinda
*updates on the older posts and a "missing" post
-last year we were in the process of settling in our new life overseas on April 30th. I did not forget the date, I just didn't have the opportunity to post on this blog
-my Daddy joined Seth in Heaven on October 31, 2010
-Dano successfully transplanted Seth's tree from my Daddy's yard (since the house was sold) to his mother's yard. She told us it was blooming earlier this Spring and is now covered with leaves. =0)
-reading back through the older posts, I realized there is no "explanation" of Seth's death on this blog. He died from a cord injury. His cord was wrapped too tightly around his neck; otherwise, he was perfect.
