Sad News

Today I am hit hard with the news of a mom I knew as an acquaintance who passed away due to complications of childbirth. We didn't know each other well, only met a handful of times at the park and the library. Our sons were a few days apart and she just had her second son last week. I don't know the details, other than she passed away. I can't shake thinking about her, her husband, and her sons. It is so unthinkable that something like this could happen in today's modern Western world. It happened frequently 100 years ago. I know a little bit about what happened, and it is very serious and rare. It is a reminder that life is so fragile and precious. It makes me want to hug my son a little tighter, love my husband even better, be thankful for the movements I feel inside my belly, and thank God for each day He gives me. Pray for Vanessa's husband Matt and her sons Joseph and William during this unfathomable time of grief.