December 31st, 2008
I want her to remember
We have endured one of the hardest things our family has had to face thus far in our life. And we’re only half way through it – Eden was in a spica cast for 57 days. Now she’s in a brace for 2 months, or longer. There has been a resounding phrase that many have said to us, and perhaps I said myself in the beginning too…”the good thing is she’s young, she won’t remember this.” As a parent, I hate to see my kids suffer or hurt. I’m sure if you are a parent, you think the same way. If you aren’t a parent, you have perhaps had those thoughts about your loved ones. We do not want them to be in pain or to suffer. Do we? However, isn’t it during the painful moments that we learn the most??
I want Eden to remember. I will share with her what we, as her parents, had to decide to do for her. In order for her hip to be fixed, we had to give her to the doctor to break her and cause her to be in pain, temporarily, to fix her. She is too young to remember any of this – the pain she feels or felt those first few weeks, the uncomfortable feeling of being in a spica case, the sponges baths, the crazy diaper changes, the crying that starts as soon as we pull into the parking lot at the doctor’s office, and so much more. I do want her to know how much we loved her to allow this to happen. I want her to remember how much her brothers loved and cared for her and prayed for her and brought our family closer together as we prayed for her each day. I want her to remember how much her relatives and friends cared for her and prayed for her healing and recovery. I want her to remember that so many gave her gifts of love and encouragement and pink stuffed animals and blankets and meals for our family. I want her to remember. That’s why we took pictures and videos and journaled. That’s why I saved a part of her cast. I want her to remember….so I will never forget God’s love and faithfulness.
Caroline