In 2014, we got a tiny Christmas stocking and hid it in our room. We were going to hang it up on Christmas Eve and then tell our kids that a new sister or brother was coming. But two weeks or so before Christmas, Nicole miscarried.
Life is fragile. It’s still a miracle just to be born. I appreciate your reminder of those realities.
Thank you! This is such a lovely discussion of the way we so often hold joy in one hand and grief in the other. I've been thinking a lot about Mary this Christmas. Especially the fact that she, an ordinary woman engaged in ordinary life, was the first person to know Christ was coming -- and then to bear that Son. I love the Catholic tradition of venerating Mary; it makes so much sense.
In 2014, we got a tiny Christmas stocking and hid it in our room. We were going to hang it up on Christmas Eve and then tell our kids that a new sister or brother was coming. But two weeks or so before Christmas, Nicole miscarried.
Life is fragile. It’s still a miracle just to be born. I appreciate your reminder of those realities.
I’m so sorry you and your wife experienced this. It’s a singular ache that accentuates the miracles, wherever they show up.
Thank you! This is such a lovely discussion of the way we so often hold joy in one hand and grief in the other. I've been thinking a lot about Mary this Christmas. Especially the fact that she, an ordinary woman engaged in ordinary life, was the first person to know Christ was coming -- and then to bear that Son. I love the Catholic tradition of venerating Mary; it makes so much sense.