Remembering
“For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith,
I have not stopped giving thanks for you,
remembering you in my prayers.”
--A follower (Ephesians 1: 15)
In 1988 President Ronald Reagan officially proclaimed October as National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. Every other week we have a group of moms and dads who gather to work on their grief, a grief that came to them when they were expecting a life. Some of the people in that group have attended for several years and they, along with some volunteers from our hospital, hosted our 4th Annual Walk to Remember. The gathering was the largest ever!
What a privilege to work and live with people who care about others! Take time today to think about persons who have lost a child or children—the loss may be a perinatal loss or it may be a child of any age. Offer a prayer or give them a call. They can teach us a great deal about how to maintain faith in the future.
I wish we didn’t have to have a month set aside for remembering people who have lost children, it isn’t the way life is to be ordered. But, we NEED to set aside this month and remember. I will be remembering the 150 people who walked on Saturday and taught me a bit more about faith. I thank God for them and pray they can have a measure of peace in their lives.
--Ben Keckler
10.05.09
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