lately, i have been overwhelmed with all the day to day things that keep me busy. i have felt frustrated because so many of the things i am responsible for are tasks that feel mundane to me. my days are filled with ordinary, thankless jobs. dishes, laundry, cleaning.
last night, i became familiar with this family and cannot stop praying for chad. i also can't stop thinking about how he would give anything for even one minute of my ordinary day. over the weekend, he lost his wife of 15 years in a car accident. to make things even worse, she was pregnant with their first child who was due later this month. the baby, a girl that he named miranda, was born via c-section 45 minutes after her momma had died. miranda lived for 3 days on life-support. yesterday, she died as well.
you would think that he would be a total wreck, right? wrong. he has a blog that he has been keeping since discovering that after a long struggle with infertility, they were expecting their first baby. since the tragedies have occurred, he has updated a couple of times. he is filled, it seems, with hope and thankfulness and love for his family. i expect that in the days to come, as the shock wears off, he will mourn outwardly, but the grace he has shown in the confidence that that he is being held up by the Lord is astounding. he knows that his wife and their baby are waiting for him in heaven...and he is comforted.
so as i sit here, wanting to whine about doing the dishes of my giant family of loud messy eaters, i will shut my mouth and wash. i hope that i can remember that some people have tragedy and i simply have everything i ever prayed for. so...yeah. sometimes life is hard, but c'mon. for me, it's a cake walk compared with some folks.
so today, i am going to shut it, i'm going to hug my family, and i'm going to pray for a family who needs it more.
chad and sara's blog is below...check it out and say a prayer.
http://sadandchara.blogspot.com/
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