She wanted to give me a picture of a robins nest with two beautiful, blue eggs inside. This robin had made her nest right in Ashley's front yard. She had waited for days for the robin to leave her nest so that she could sneak a few pictures of what lay inside.
She told me that she wanted to give me copies of these pictures because these two blue eggs reminded her of my two boys. I thought that was really sweet. I immediately put it up as my blog header, looking forward to my second "blue egg" hatching and joining this nest of mine.
I'm very grateful that she did think of me and gave me these pictures. This question hasn't come up yet but I know that sometime in my life I will be asked, "How many kids do you have?" The answer as of right now is... two. I have two sons. One here and one in heaven. One of my goals this week is to get this picture printed out so that have it in my house as a reminder of my two boys.
Another robin story...
The night of Clayton's burial we headed for the hills. Our good friends Paul and Michelle have a family cabin that they invited us to stay at. We love them and their family... and the fact that they like us enough to let us stay at this amazing cabin with them when we come up to Utah. It is one of the most beautiful places in the world! Tucked away, peaceful, fresh, surrounded by Heavenly Father's creations. It was the perfect spot to retreat to after that long hard week.
That night I was going out to the car to get our bags and as I stepped out of the front door a robin dove right at me. Then she circled around and dove at me again!! It was pretty scary, it's not fun to almost have your eyes pecked out by a mad robin! I ran back inside and looked at her from the window and saw why she was so upset. She had built her nest right outside the front door.
The next day when she wasn't there we peaked into the nest to see what was inside...
Four beautiful blue robin eggs! No wonder she was so upset. Mothers of all species want to protect their babies. Call me crazy, but I took this as a sign. A sign that even though I've lost my baby and life is a little rough right now, life will go on. I hope to be able to have more children and to add to my nest. It gave me a lot of hope.
9 comments:
That is so beautiful. What a lovely little gift from God.
That is such a sweet story! And I definitely don't think you are crazy for taking that as a sign.
i really like that story too, so beautiful.
That is so sweet. Definitely a tender mercy (or sign) I would say!
Amazing...absolutely amazing :)
You are so amazing. Every time I talk to my mom about you, I cry because I am not there to help you through this...and then I read your blog and realize that you are doing better than I ever would or could!
You are truly amazing and such a blessing and inspiration in my life. Keep up the good work.
Love and miss you!
Beautiful post Meg! I find it so wonderful how Heavenly Father provides us with those tender mercies just at the moment we need them. Love you, thinking of you, still praying for you!
Alisa and I still have an empty nest after nearly five years of marriage. That picture gives me a little bit of hope too.
I'm so sorry John. We were married for five years before we had Tru. It's so hard to be patient! It's really good to hear from you on here. I've never met your wife but I heard good things about her from my parents when they came out to visit.
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