Today I had a mother and daughter come over have a session with me. While I was waiting for them my friend came over to pick up my kids so that I could have some quiet time with the mother and daughter. When my friend got here she asked me if I had heard the news about a family in my ward? No, I said... then she told me the worst news you would want to hear. This family, that has just recently moved into our ward (early this year, I think) just lost their 3 year old in a drowning on lake Powell.
It took a moment for everything to sink in and it wasn't until after she left that I cried for the family. How awful! Horrible awful, sucky thing to happen.
Then I cried some more because about a year ago my husband took my two boys to the Father and Sons outing and my littlest (about 3ish) fell into a water tank. It wasn't a big water tank but it was deep enough that he couldn't reach the bottom to stand up and save himself. My friends husband just happened to look down and saw a hat floating, reached in and grabbed my son out of the water tank. I was mortified when I found out and determined from that point that my husband doesn't know how to watch his children, not to mention the fact I was pretty ticked he wasn't even around when my littlest fell in (and I won't even tell you it was my friend that told me what happened and not my husband). Regardless I was mad, and today felt sad that this could have happened to me and my family.
The accident was so random. They took the little boys life jacket off to reapply sunscreen, got distracted with things happening on the beach, turned around and found there son floating face down in the water.
At dinner tonight we talked about what had happened. Tonight is my daughters turn for family prayers and I asked her to pray to Heavenly Father and ask him to bless the family, and comfort them. She didn't say anything so I looked over and she was crying. I asked her if it made her sad and she said yes, and as tears were streaming down my face, I said it makes me sad too. We determined that it would be easier for her if mom or dad were to say the prayer tonight.
In the past two months our ward has experienced 4 funerals. Last week a young boy in the ward committed suicide. Will you prayer for these families with me. Pray that the Lord will comfort them and send all the angels both physical and spiritual that they need at this time.
5 comments:
How tragic. What a sad day. That is my worst fear--losing one of my young children to death.
that is horrible! I called you this afternoon--I can see you were very busy! I just wanted you to know I was thinking of you and sending you my love!
i've been really struggling with depression recently, and though i don't like to write much about it (my kids read my blog), posts like this one really shine a light on how paltry my struggles are. comparing isn't often a good idea, but it IS a worthwhile endeavor to look around and see what others are struggling with. i'm so sorry for your friends! ♥
See prayer is important in all ways at all times. My heart goes out to your fellow ward members and to you for being such a sensitive real person. It’s nice to know that someone out there is praying for us even when we might not be able to do it for ourselves. We never understand these awful things or how we could come so close to the same tragedy. Again, they are in my thoughts and prayers. Love ya!
just wanted to say congrats about being half way there! 20 down, 20 to go! lucky you and lucky baby! ♥
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