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It's hard to believe that it has been a year since Zachary went to be with the Lord. 2003 has already been a year full of many new and wonderful changes. We have celebrated three weddings, two graduations and we were able to move close to our families. It's amazing how different our lives can be from year to year! Our grieving process has not been easy. It is difficult to know just how to go on after experiencing such loss. It is a process of extreme highs and lows. Just when you think you have gotten over some aspects you realize that you have not. But God is so faithful. He continues to pour out His grace on our lives and our family. We recently found out that He has blessed us with a new little one, due March 21, 2004. The flood of emotions is mixed. Our hears are full of joy and very thankful, but we cannot help but remember the last time we wnet through this. We continue to take one day at a time. Life must go on and though there have been time that we wanted to scream out to others, "Remember! We lost our son!" we know that his loss could never be felt by others as deeply as we his parents have felt, and continue to feel it. We are thankful for all the prayers that have been lifted up for us this past year and for the thoughtfulness others have shown us in remembering our loss. Sometimes just remembering means the most to us. As we said a year ago, our lives have been forever changed. We can no longer look at life through the same eyes and we are thankful for that. The simple things are so much more important to us and we have a greater appreciation of life. We stop to "smell the roses," we try not to put things off until tomorrow,a nd the flight of a butterfly catches our eye so much more often. Thank you, God, for our little Zachary. |
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