Rachel-- I love this hymn! Verse 7 (never sung) is also really good. It gives me strength when I feel like giving up. I hope this week is a good one for you!! Katie
Dear Rachel, This is an extremely random message and a random way to contact you, but here it is anyway! Through an incredibly roundabout way, I came across your blog today. Something really random made me think of Dave, so I tried to see if you had a blog, and here I am (that's the short version!) I was friends with Dave at BYU. If he doesn't remember me, I was that funny freshman in a wheelchair in his lit class in Winter 2005. He became friends with my friend Taylor and me and we were quite the three-some of English major nerdiness for a while! I don't think I've never met you, but I remember hearing all about you as Dave slipped away as he fell in love and started spending all his time with you, which Taylor and I were so happy about! Everything I have thought of to say sounds so hollow over the internet, so I guess I'll just keep it simple: I love you, I'm praying for you, I care about your pain, and I wish more than anything that you didn't have to go through this trial. I'm sure you feel this same way too, but the more hard things I go through, the more I wish afterward that no one else had to go through them. No one has felt the sorrow that you feel because every struggle is unique to our own situations and our own lives, but I have felt a lot of pain of my own about infertility. I know how much it hurts, and I wish more than anything that no one else had to feel it because it is so hard. I admire your honesty, faith, and courage. You are an amazing woman. Please know that there are so many people wishing you the best, more than you can imagine. I definitely agree with you that Dave is going to make the best dad ever, and I have no doubts that you are well matched to him. Love, Jenn
Jenn, thank you so much for your kindness, support, and prayers! Your words illustrate your loving and wise empathy - the type of which is usually only learned through spiritual fortitude despite great personal suffering. I didn't see a way to email you but we should reconnect; we'd love to meet your family! Drop me a line when you have a second: dmblackmer@gmail.com. --Dave
Rachel--
ReplyDeleteI love this hymn! Verse 7 (never sung) is also really good. It gives me strength when I feel like giving up.
I hope this week is a good one for you!!
Katie
Beautiful. The footnotes are good too: Isaiah 41:10, 43:2-5. Your faith is strong!
ReplyDeleteDear Rachel,
ReplyDeleteThis is an extremely random message and a random way to contact you, but here it is anyway!
Through an incredibly roundabout way, I came across your blog today. Something really random made me think of Dave, so I tried to see if you had a blog, and here I am (that's the short version!)
I was friends with Dave at BYU. If he doesn't remember me, I was that funny freshman in a wheelchair in his lit class in Winter 2005. He became friends with my friend Taylor and me and we were quite the three-some of English major nerdiness for a while! I don't think I've never met you, but I remember hearing all about you as Dave slipped away as he fell in love and started spending all his time with you, which Taylor and I were so happy about!
Everything I have thought of to say sounds so hollow over the internet, so I guess I'll just keep it simple: I love you, I'm praying for you, I care about your pain, and I wish more than anything that you didn't have to go through this trial. I'm sure you feel this same way too, but the more hard things I go through, the more I wish afterward that no one else had to go through them. No one has felt the sorrow that you feel because every struggle is unique to our own situations and our own lives, but I have felt a lot of pain of my own about infertility. I know how much it hurts, and I wish more than anything that no one else had to feel it because it is so hard. I admire your honesty, faith, and courage. You are an amazing woman.
Please know that there are so many people wishing you the best, more than you can imagine. I definitely agree with you that Dave is going to make the best dad ever, and I have no doubts that you are well matched to him.
Love,
Jenn
Jenn, thank you so much for your kindness, support, and prayers! Your words illustrate your loving and wise empathy - the type of which is usually only learned through spiritual fortitude despite great personal suffering. I didn't see a way to email you but we should reconnect; we'd love to meet your family! Drop me a line when you have a second: dmblackmer@gmail.com.
Delete--Dave