Overwhelmed

I have been seriously overwhelmed lately with feeling surrounded by sadness. I am not depressed, I am just overwhelmed by what other people are going through. I don't know if it is due to social media through facebook or what, but I feel like every day I am hearing of someone else who's child is seriously ill, has passed away tragically, or something like that.

It started with the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting. After Christmas some friends of ours 12 day old nephew died from a heart condition they did not know existed. Then I hear about a little 3 year old girl, who was seriously in the wrong palce at the wrong time and a swing set fell on her as she was pushing a doll carriage. She died on Christmas Eve. One of my good friends had her first daughter and she has a very small heart and possibly a fairly rare condition that effects the heart, lungs, and kidneys. I heard about some parents whos 7 month old son got suffocated in a blanket and he ended up being an organ donar. And then there is the girl I went to High School with who had twin girls and one of them, Izzy, was born with HLH and struggled all four months of her little life before passing away last night.

I ache for these families. No parent should ever have to experiencing their child dying before they do. I don't know how these parents find the strength to make it each day, other than to let the Lord carry them. How would you ever find happiness again? How would you ever stop crying. I have decided that I am going to take a break from Facebook and the news for a while. I can't stand the sadness. I think I am going to make February my No Facebook month and see how it goes. I need to quit checking updates anyway, it takes away time that I should be spending with my boys.

I know the Lord has a plan and he knows things we will not know until we are one day united with him in heaven. I just wish he soemhow gave us a little more insight into why such tragic things happen.

Lord I pray your protection over each of my boys. I ask Lord that you put a headge of protection around them and wrap your loving arms around them. Put your angels there to guard them and protect them. Lord I know that our children belong to you, and it is a gift that we get to share them here on earth. Thank you for allowing me to be the one to love my three boys!