Bill Cornett

"I'm sorry about the miscarriage -
but I guess you're excited because
at least you conceived."

They really meant well.
They knew we had been infertile up to the time of conception.
They were trying to look on the "good side" of this difficult time.

What they seemed to miss was the fact that we had just lost a very real part of our family . . . That our ecstatic joy over the pregnancy had taken a 360 degree turn into mourning for one who would not be born .

That it doesn't matter how many other people have miscarried or how many children they had later on or
how there must have been something wrong with the baby or that we can try again . . .

What they seemed to miss was the fact that this child was gone.
That this was the child we had already grown to love.
That this little boy or girl would not even get a proper funeral.
That the womb had become a place of death instead of life.

I forgive them for not knowing.
They meant well.
And although I may never understand this life,
I can praise God that our little one is with his heavenly Father.

And though we will always grieve
The absence of our precious one,
We know because of our Lord Jesus Christ -
One day we will be reunited with our child.

Yes, we lost our precious little one.
But just for a brief period of time.
And the hurt we feel is greatly comforted
Because we will see our child someday,
When we are reunited in heaven.