Howdy folks...yep, it's been one year today since we arrived in our new state :)
It's been a good year...a year of change and adjustments for sure, but a good year.
Things are going well here in the Lone Star State and to commemorate this occasion I have prepared a little musical picture montage of our first year. If you have visited us here in our new state, then you might especially want to watch :) Yes, it's a bit self centered (most of the pics are of my family) and yes, I need to take more pics of us with our friends. And yes, you need to come visit and then you'll get to be in next year's video :)
And the song is perfect...totally perfect and I was determined to find a way to use it ever since I first heard it :)
So, special thanks to Lyle Lovett for his song "That's Right" and Bob Wills for "San Antonio Rose", this version recorded by Les Paul.
1 year in texas from Rachel Gonzales on Vimeo.
Folks and friends, we are enjoying Texas...ya'll come visit now, ya hear!
Rach
~a glimpse of life...a bit of this...a bit of that~
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Elijah's 12th Birthday~
"It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you." Deuteronomy 31: 8
"The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit." Psalm 34: 18
Twelve years ago today I had my first baby...less than 2 hours later he died in Steve's arms.
Elijah's life: months being knit together in my womb, 1 hour and 40 minutes here on Earth.
I still have questions, but they no longer haunt me. I still desire answers, but I no longer live believing those answers would heal me.
I am thankful for how gracious my Lord has been to me in this grief and the healing He has brought to my heart. He has brought me to a place that accepts, a place that believes I will one day understand, a place that trusts that His different plans will one day be revealed and I will be in awe of His ways.
I look forward to that day. Yes, I look forward to that day.
...but I still miss my son. I wish I could have watched him grow. I wish he could know his sisters. I wish Steve and I could know him. So many hopes and dreams that are never to be here on Earth...I wish...
...and wait for that day~
Elijah, you are precious and we love you~
"The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit." Psalm 34: 18
Twelve years ago today I had my first baby...less than 2 hours later he died in Steve's arms.
Elijah's life: months being knit together in my womb, 1 hour and 40 minutes here on Earth.
In Daddy's arms~ |
I am thankful for how gracious my Lord has been to me in this grief and the healing He has brought to my heart. He has brought me to a place that accepts, a place that believes I will one day understand, a place that trusts that His different plans will one day be revealed and I will be in awe of His ways.
I look forward to that day. Yes, I look forward to that day.
...but I still miss my son. I wish I could have watched him grow. I wish he could know his sisters. I wish Steve and I could know him. So many hopes and dreams that are never to be here on Earth...I wish...
...and wait for that day~
Elijah, you are precious and we love you~
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