tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052573509050485072.post8320427324219305658..comments2023-04-22T23:52:18.930-05:00Comments on All Are Precious In His Sight: HeldLorraine, AKA Forever Blessedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07853149597860113279noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052573509050485072.post-67404308646665163832010-06-17T14:18:16.622-05:002010-06-17T14:18:16.622-05:00I've been wondering how you guys were doing. I...I've been wondering how you guys were doing. I can't even imagine the loss you guys are going through and hope I never have to go through it. To think of losing one of my siblings is horrible.Qadoshyahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824192344524447095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052573509050485072.post-8355989098897102542010-06-16T23:15:30.389-05:002010-06-16T23:15:30.389-05:00Your slideshow was beautiful...I sat in my living ...Your slideshow was beautiful...I sat in my living room with tears streaming down my face as I viewed every picture. I know you've heard this a lot, but I am so sorry for your loss. I am sorry you are having to learn to live as a family of 7 on the outside, but a family of 8 on the inside. I have never lost a child...I'm not even a parent, so I have no idea what you are going through. Praying for healing for your family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052573509050485072.post-38539512959773257032010-06-16T16:17:50.713-05:002010-06-16T16:17:50.713-05:00Sweet Lorraine,
You are right...you have joined a...Sweet Lorraine,<br /><br />You are right...you have joined a club that none of us want to belong to. The thought is almost too much to bear. I can not even come close to imagining the path you are walking. I wish there was something I could do to make it easier for you...I will pray. I'm glad you are not walking this path alone. <br /><br />God bless your shattered heart. I will continue to lift your family up in prayer. <br /><br />Love and blessings,<br />RobinFaith, Hope, and Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07813416716908003975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052573509050485072.post-56960065503633246932010-06-16T16:02:27.504-05:002010-06-16T16:02:27.504-05:00I woke in the night thinking about Clare's com...I woke in the night thinking about Clare's comment to you and it really bothered me. She shouldn't have left a comment at all if it was going to be one challenging your thoughts. Anyone who has any idea of what you and your family have experienced with your loss should only respond to you with graciousness and love and care as you are all learning how to live without your baby. I think you should be able to express your feelings without someone disceting your thoughts and I hope it didn't hurt your feelings.<br /><br />mcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052573509050485072.post-59722878810912060622010-06-16T15:05:10.089-05:002010-06-16T15:05:10.089-05:00Lorraine, You will find that this is not a small c...Lorraine, You will find that this is not a small club at all. Just because no one in your circle has lost a child, doesn't mean that you are alone in your experience--though you will feel very alone at times. During my three years in the cancer world, it started to feel like everyone I knew was in the "club". I started keeping a list of my daughter's "friends" in Heaven. I wrote Steven Curtis Chapman and said that I was looking forward to our daughters introducing us someday. It somehow helps me to know who she is with. It does get easier to function with time, but I know I will be 80 and still be looking longingly at 5 year old girls.Marlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16562961657244994862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052573509050485072.post-51189796146945404722010-06-16T14:35:40.875-05:002010-06-16T14:35:40.875-05:00I was directed to your blog through the RR yahoo g...I was directed to your blog through the RR yahoo group. Everyone had been talking about your beautiful daughter. Sorry, can't type what I wanted too as the hole in my chest is trying so hard to rip open. I wanted to let you know that I too am sending love to your family. Last February our foster son (who had been home with his bio family for 2 months) passed away, and then in Augsut our 8 1/2 yr old daughter returned to spirit as well. How you begin to heal, help your children heal (we still have a 3 1/2 yr old daughter)...it's beyond me. Hopefully one day I will be able to write to all of the beautiful thoughts that I do want to share. <br /><br />Tons of love and hugs to your whole beautiful family. Stay and strong and together:)Sara Beamish, Ontario Canadanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052573509050485072.post-75189657599577011402010-06-16T13:55:57.968-05:002010-06-16T13:55:57.968-05:00Lorraine,
I have been so moved by how you've ...Lorraine,<br /><br />I have been so moved by how you've just opened your heart up to so many people. Our whole family has been praying for you constantly. Even today, Renee prayed for you before our breakfast.<br /><br />Actually, Renee has been urging me to share an experience with you that I had a few days after Chrissie's funeral. I was playing the piano -- some music that is way too hard for me but I love to imagine how it would sound. The song was "Danny Boy" and the arrangement was by Joseph Martin, from his "Celtic Tapestry" collection. That particular song has lots of shimmery-type arpeggios that would be very pretty if my short, stubby fingers could do them justice. Nevertheless, as I was playing, in my mind lyrics started to come, and they were not to the original song, and they were sung by Chrissie. It was a very odd experience since I had never heard Chrissie sing, but it was a very sweet high-pitched breathy voice, and the thing that really impressed me about it was how happy that voice sounded. <br /><br />The lyrics were something like, "Look, how He shimmers! Look, how He glows! He is holding me. I can run and jump and leap into His arms!"<br /><br />I don't remember the rest of the lyrics. This has never happened to me before, where I actually could hear in my mind a voice that was singing lyrics to a song as I played it. I am not saying that it was some metaphysical experience, but I do think that the Holy Spirit brings thoughts and experiences to us that are comforting.<br /><br />So, I am imagining Chrissie in the lap of our Lord Jesus, as His robe shimmers in irridescent splendor, and she is amazed that in the midst of all of His glory, that His eyes sparkle just for her. And she leaps down and runs to play, but comes right back and jumps up in His lap, tugging on His beard and making Him smile.<br /><br />I have not lost a child that I got to hold, but I did have a miscarriage in between Renee and Emma. It was not the same sorrow that you have had, but I have gotten so much comfort from remembering that it was Jesus that said, "Let the little children come," and from imagining my child in His arms. <br /><br />I will pray that God will provide comfort for your whole family. <br /><br />Marie ColeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052573509050485072.post-10091983759962491962010-06-16T12:07:38.913-05:002010-06-16T12:07:38.913-05:00I wish I had some perfectly put together words to ...I wish I had some perfectly put together words to take away your pain. I don't. I just wanted you to know that our family is still here praying for your family daily. We love you all so much. AmyAmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13006198193450517574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052573509050485072.post-3304870974557526532010-06-16T12:07:38.912-05:002010-06-16T12:07:38.912-05:00I wish I had some perfectly put together words to ...I wish I had some perfectly put together words to take away your pain. I don't. I just wanted you to know that our family is still here praying for your family daily. We love you all so much. AmyAmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13006198193450517574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052573509050485072.post-59779695782361181632010-06-16T12:00:42.313-05:002010-06-16T12:00:42.313-05:00Lorraine & family,
We just want you to know t...Lorraine & family,<br /><br />We just want you to know that we still pray for you all all the time. Please don't hesitate to pour out those needs to us all...<br /><br />I don't feel worthy to offer any adequate words of encouragement--you have indeed joined a very select community of families, one that the Rollins at Emily Ann helped our friend Kenny negotiate--however, I know that God's words through music also helped sustain us through dark valleys. We shared some of the ones that carried us on our blog: www.abbylinam.blogspot.com. You may know them as well, but I pray them all for you today...<br /><br />Love,<br />-the LinamsLinam updateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01014619970207244994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052573509050485072.post-83386771532918317122010-06-16T08:00:57.197-05:002010-06-16T08:00:57.197-05:00Lorraine,
Thank you again for sharing your heart....Lorraine,<br /><br />Thank you again for sharing your heart...your pain, your hope, your journey, your love, your family. I'm praying for all of you and am thankful to hear you have such wonderful family and friends holding you all.<br /><br />NoraNora S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052573509050485072.post-15815444606993972932010-06-15T20:16:10.576-05:002010-06-15T20:16:10.576-05:00Sorry for my double comments! The first one didn&#...Sorry for my double comments! The first one didn't go through...or so I thought, so I posted a second one, then they both appeared. Oh well! :-)Lorraine, AKA Forever Blessedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07853149597860113279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052573509050485072.post-67690415520914227082010-06-15T20:12:25.990-05:002010-06-15T20:12:25.990-05:00I am so blessed by all of your sweet comments and ...I am so blessed by all of your sweet comments and words of encouragement. I continue to be amazed at how God links us to others who have lost a child who have walked this path and are able to give us advice. I am grateful for all of you who have never walked this path, but continue to pray for us and encourage us with your sweet support and friendship.<br /><br />I would like to address Clare's comment (I cannot email her privately as I do not have her email address). Clare, I just wanted to let you know that I never intended to belittle the death of a loved one. All life is precious. (You should have seen us when our son lost his best friend, who happened to be a horse. We were a wreck, and next to Chrissie's death, it was one of the hardest deaths we've had to endure.) Losses of loved ones are all hard, no matter the age of the person who dies. For us, personally, losing a child has been really confusing and painful as we try to figure out how to move on without our little bundle of laughter hugging our necks, squeezing our checks, and filling the room with joy. Everywhere we turn, whether it's in our vehicle, our bedroom, our bathroom, our laundry room, our dining room, our kitchen, our school room, our yard...there is Chrissie. We longed to see her grow up, to have her first day of Kindergarten, to learn to pedal a bike, to learn to swim, to run down our driveway, to grow into a young woman who traveled the world with us, to tell her miraculous adoption and life story herself with her daddy by her side, to walk down the aisle with her daddy at her wedding...the list is never-ending. When a child dies, suddenly there is a huge list of things the child never got to do here on earth, and there's a huge list of things that we never got to do beside her. But we do know that even though our earthly hopes and visions of all that we would have liked to have done together were not fulfilled, Chrissie's life-long dream of having a mommy and a daddy was fulfilled, and she lived the happiest 6 months of her life with our family at Forgotten Saw Ranch. She gave us the best 6 months of our lives as well, and we are grateful. Clare, I hope you understand that I wholeheartedly agree that ALL life is precious. No life is of more value than another. All losses hurt, no matter the age of the loved one. For us, we are grieving the loss of our precious "baby" girl, who we wished we would get to watch grow up and do all of the things that "normal" kids get to do. I am sorry that my post made you feel like I was belittling the loss of a loved one. That was never my intention. All are precious in His sight, and the losing a loved one is never anything to belittle.<br /><br />Thank you all for praying. We are most grateful!Lorraine, AKA Forever Blessedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07853149597860113279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052573509050485072.post-55620642547503222702010-06-15T20:06:41.713-05:002010-06-15T20:06:41.713-05:00I remember hearing that song after our Hannah died...I remember hearing that song after our Hannah died......still makes me cry- remembering our baby girl. Then losing our Naomi - she didn't die, but the adoption failed.....<br /><br />NO ONE should ever have to lose a child- EVER. I remember clearly the summer that the Chapman's lost their daughter. I prayed for them thinking to myself - that is one thing I couldn't bear. Little did we know that a few months later.....we would, and a year after that lose a child through failed adoption - which feels lot like death.......<br /><br />I have lost an uncle grandparents, even friends, but losing a child is VERY different! There is no way to understand unless- you are in that club- that NO ONE wants to join. <br /><br />Praying for you all!!!!!!"Are These Kids All Yours?"https://www.blogger.com/profile/17946903135252874458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052573509050485072.post-2673707325169399362010-06-15T20:06:41.712-05:002010-06-15T20:06:41.712-05:00Thinking of all of you, and praying for you still....Thinking of all of you, and praying for you still. There are no words I could ever offer to take away your pain, but I have faith that God is keeping you in his hands, and will stay with you always.texaslauren77https://www.blogger.com/profile/13679296023537707155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052573509050485072.post-63232474025807613682010-06-15T19:59:51.520-05:002010-06-15T19:59:51.520-05:00Goodness, I am so very blessed by all of your swee...Goodness, I am so very blessed by all of your sweet, honest, transparent, caring, loving and encouraging comments. Thank you so much for taking the time to pray and support us and leave us sweet comments. <br /><br />I would like to address Clare's comment. (I cannot email her directly as I don't have her email address.) Clare, I never intended to belittle the loss of a loved one. I am sorry that you felt I implied that. Losing a loved one, even a pet, is one of the hardest things we as human beings are forced to live through on this earth. I never intended to belittle losing a loved one. (Oh my, you should have seen us when my son lost his best friend, who happened to be his horse, last fall.) We were a wreck. I just was trying to express my thoughts/feelings regarding how we're doing after we lost our daughter. For me personally (and for many of the other families who have contacted me regarding the loss of a child), there is just something different about the loss of a child since they are so young. It doesn't mean it hurts more than the loss of another loved one; for me it just means it's harder to figure out what life looks like from here on out without this bundle of laughter hanging on us day in and day out, squeezing our necks, kissing our cheeks, and just plain ole being silly and loving on all of us. It's not really soemthing I can explain. Of course we desired to see Chrissie grow up, past the age of 4, to one day have her daddy walk her down the aisle, to meet her husband, to travel the world and tell the Good News of God's miracles in her life, and so much more. There's something about when a child dies that makes us really grieve all of the things the child never got to do. Not having the first day of Kindergarten, for instance. It's just different when a child dies, and really, I don't expect anyone to understand (unless, of course, they've lost a child themselves). It's just hard to explain and I was merely writing out my own personal thoughts on this b/c I'm still trying to figure things out. But, I really wanted you to know, Clare, that I would never belittle the loss of a loved one. Life is precious, and yes, we are hurting, but I know that everyone who loses a loved one hurts. No hurt is more or less than another. Hurts cannot be compared. All life is precious. All are precious in His sight.<br /><br />Thank you all for praying. We feel it, and we are most grateful.Lorraine, AKA Forever Blessedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07853149597860113279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052573509050485072.post-31610481350461847912010-06-15T18:19:01.657-05:002010-06-15T18:19:01.657-05:00I am so glad to hear how you all are doing. I did...I am so glad to hear how you all are doing. I did not start reading your blog until after Chrissie's Surgery when a found it linked to another Reece Rainbow adoption blog. I have been checking it regularly and wondering how you were and praying for you all. Your faith is amazing and your lost brings me to tears. I am glad to hear God is giving you all the strength and love you need.<br /><br />EllenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052573509050485072.post-53371190530176236202010-06-15T18:12:28.305-05:002010-06-15T18:12:28.305-05:00{{{{{HUGS}}}} and Prayers!{{{{{HUGS}}}} and Prayers!Googsmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04489871501422481442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052573509050485072.post-73662741446905880782010-06-15T17:00:09.431-05:002010-06-15T17:00:09.431-05:00I can't imagine how you're all feeling. It...I can't imagine how you're all feeling. It hit me hard at the time even though I'd never met Chrissie, but I guess now there are so many other things. To you and your family, this just isn't. You all will be in my prayers tonight.<br /><br />I listen to that song every time something like this happens. Not when someone eldery dies, but when someone suffers the loss of a child or parent at a young age. And sadly that happens all too often.<br /><br />Blessings,<br />EmmaEmmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03961998695293937611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052573509050485072.post-25229338612510650152010-06-15T16:45:43.820-05:002010-06-15T16:45:43.820-05:00Thank you for your post today! I really needed th...Thank you for your post today! I really needed the reminder of God being ever-present. I am a Christian and I know He's always there, but I've been a little overwhelmed lately and your words struck my heart and give me hope for a better day tomorrow. I hope you have a better day tomorrow, too! I think about your family every day and even though I never had the honor of meeting Chrissie, I see cute little dark-haired, brown-eyed girls and think of her. <br /><br />MicheleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052573509050485072.post-58289064607761224762010-06-15T16:23:07.801-05:002010-06-15T16:23:07.801-05:00Oh Lorraine...my heart aches with you! Very close ...Oh Lorraine...my heart aches with you! Very close friends of ours lost their 23 yr old daughter a few years ago. Karen was as close to me as my own daughter is and I helped look after her in her last weeks and, in fact was with her when she passed away. So I can understand a measure of what you are all going through. To this day we all miss her dearly, but it does get easier in some ways. In time I felt that I was able to breathe again and think of all the good times with her, to remember her great sense of humour, strength and courage and to laugh at the many funny moments we had together. All these words seem so inane, but I have been able to climb out of the valley with God's help. I pray that day by day it will get easier and that you will feel as if the sun is shining in your lives again.<br />Big hugs,<br />Rachel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052573509050485072.post-5067955357803458902010-06-15T15:11:22.581-05:002010-06-15T15:11:22.581-05:00Of course you are hurting, but everyone is preciou...Of course you are hurting, but everyone is precious. For that person who lost their Unlce, he may have been their whole life, for their whole life. You shouldn´t belittle that...Clarenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052573509050485072.post-89551836039889254632010-06-15T14:04:56.420-05:002010-06-15T14:04:56.420-05:00Dear Lorraine,
There are no words to adequately e...Dear Lorraine,<br /> There are no words to adequately explain what you all are going through... I won't say I understand because as you so eloquently stated, it's hard to understand --unless you've been there and suffered such a loss.<br /> What I DO want to say is that I am still thinking of you and praying for you. And I miss reading about Chrissie and seeing the photos of her daily progress. It has left an emptiness and so I can only imagine the gaping hole it has left in YOUR lives. She was just so special--and continues to be--although in a different place now with her Saviour.<br /> The song you posted ALWAYS gets to me, leaves me in tears. It is so hard to understand--and I don't think I ever will understand WHY the Lord took Chrissie home so soon.<br /> You don't need anyone to tell you this but I just wanted to encourage you to feel whatever you need to feel. We all know you guys have tremendous faith but that doesn't take away the loss. <br /> I just wish I could somehow wave a magic wand and the Lord would bring her back to you. Unfortunately, that is not His plan...<br /> Much love and prayers, LoriLorinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052573509050485072.post-2712170278386409572010-06-15T12:12:28.557-05:002010-06-15T12:12:28.557-05:00Just want you to know that I think about you so ve...Just want you to know that I think about you so very much. Very close family friends of mine have also joined this same family joined by the pain of loss as you eloquently put it. They lost their baby boy and my heart aches for them so very much. I never know what to say except that I love them and am praying. I would like to express the same to you and your family. May you continue to know the strength of His Presence upholding you and your precious family. The words of that song are so precious. So comforting to know that you are in His mighty, yet gentle embrace. All my love, JanineJanine Claire Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06814119908907688750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052573509050485072.post-64752733652784136702010-06-15T11:58:22.698-05:002010-06-15T11:58:22.698-05:00I have been so busy,I wanted to wait until I had m...I have been so busy,I wanted to wait until I had more time to write a worthwhile message of compassion to you and your family.<br />Chrissie was such a beautiful child.<br />Even though I didn't get to meet her personally,I will never forget her big brown eyes an precious smile.<br />I am excited to think that when I get to Heaven I will recognize her immediately.<br />This song,"Held" touches a very tender place in the hearts of my family and I<br />On the morning of May 19th,as I headed for work, I went a couple of miles and then turned on K-Love and this song began to play.<br />I couldn't hold back the tears,knowing the that this song,written by a grieving Christian Mom, has ministered to many who have loss a child. <br />I didn't find out that Chrissie was "Dancing with Jesus" until I reached the office and checked your blog.<br />I called my wife to let her know,and we cried together on the phone, and prayed for your family. (very sweet) <br />She told me that, as she was praying the night before,she ask the Lord,that if he took Chrissie home,that she and our son Noah would be close friends in Heaven.<br />This May 19th was the 8th anniversary of our Noah's finished work here on Earth.<br />Noah's life story was very precious.Just like Chrissie's. He was born Down Syndrome,and had Heart surgery at 6 mos. We saw God heal him many times,as he was carried by our prayers and the prayers of so many of our dear friends.<br />He was so precious to us, and our other 7 children.<br />He had big blue eyes,and beautiful golden hair.<br />At 21 mos. he got a cold,that developed into pneumonia,and died in the hospital in less than 24 hrs.<br />I wish I had more time to share,and to here more about Chrissie and the rest of your children.<br />Maybe sometime we can meet and visit.That would be such a blessing to us.<br />We are members of Living Water Fellowship in Bulverde,Tx.and attend there about 2 wks. every month.(we live 2 hrs.away)<br />Anyway,I wanted to say that,your family and Chrissie's testimony are very dear to us.<br />We will continue to lift you up in prayer,knowing by our own walk down this path of losing a child,that our God is able to bind up the brokenhearted and carry us all, until we are all home together FOREVER!<br />Love in Christ,<br />Larry and Pam Barcroft and familyLarry Barcrofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12661459527691366157noreply@blogger.com