light | MOC7 Day 31
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- For MOC7 - Day 31
COLLAB: Happy by The Lilypad designers
Lovey Dovey collab by The Lilypad designers
December You are My Fave No. 7 Scrapbook Kit by paislee press
Oh Happy Day by paislee press
Silent Battles: Grief - Elements by Rachel Jefferies
Eucalyptus: Impasto by Rachel Jefferies
Advent {immanuel} by Sara Gleason
Chéri Elements by One Little Bird
Fonts: DJB Angel Baby and Graced Script
Journaling reads:
Shortly before Christmas in 2005, I was pregnant for the 7th time. We had lost 5 babies to miscarriage, one just six weeks before. I was deeply sad, physically exhausted and afraid to be hopeful. By Christmas Eve, I had a terrible cold that along with the all-day “morning” sickness had me feeling miserable. Still, I didn’t want to miss our tradition of candlelight service on Christmas Eve. That night, while I sat in church, amid the many candles representing hope and love, I had only one word in my heart. It was all I could articulate in the swirl of emotions... “please.”
Eight months later, Julia was born. Our rainbow baby, she was born after years of loss and grief, bringing us such great happiness and peace. Every year on Christmas Eve now, I sit next to her and hold her hand during the candlelight service. She’s the most miraculous gift, an answer to the whispered please from so many years ago. Her birthday is August 10th but the lighting of the candles on her cake is an emotional connection to the beginning of her story. It’s an echo of everything I was feeling that Christmas Eve and the happiness I still feel as we celebrate her life. On her 12th birthday, I looked at her sweet face and saw how the promise of that “please” continues to be fulfilled. She’s a light in our lives.
