Hug Your Babies

With the all the fun that we've been having here, I just can't skip mentioning something that has been weighing on our hearts. Last Friday, July 13th, little Andrew Sherwood died. He went down for a nap around noon and stopped breathing soon thereafter. He was just 3 months old. Everything is pointing to SIDS as the cause of death. Today he will be buried in the Orem Cemetary, so send your prayers thataway.

We've become quite attached to the Sherwood family since moving to New Jersey on the exact same day--Dan and Josh do long rides together on weekends and Amanda and I find lots of reasons to get together. We took care of Zack when Amanda and Joshua sped to the hospital at midnight shortly before Andrew was born in April--remember that AJ? Additionally, other friends of ours were also involved in this tragedy--the Jacobs were babysitting Andrew when it happened. Two families face so much guilt and remorse and sadness, and they are great examples to me of faith and hope. Funeral planning really shouldn't be part of our lives but it was.

Through all of this, I'm so grateful for knowledge of the Plan. It doesn't take away the "missing" part of this, but it gives great comfort to young moms like me who wonder "why". So hug your babies today or somebody else's baby if you can find one--what a gift to be able to hold them still.