Archive for January 2009

the joy in the journey

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Look at what my 4 year old has been singing the past few days…

Come to the Father, come to the deeper well.
Drink of the water and come to live a tale to tell.
The pages are turning now, this is abundant life.
The joy in the journey is enough to make a grown man cry.

It’s from an Andrew Peterson song, Little Boy Heart Alive. I’m so glad she’s been listening.

About Me

Gabriel Elliott Groce

I am a wife, a mother, a woman of God. I have 3 living children and 2 in Heaven. I am writing of the loss of my youngest sons: Felix David who died April 2, 2008 (no known cause) at 24w 3d and was born still on April 4, 2008 and Gabriel Elliott who was born on October 19, 2009, lived for 32 minutes and died peacefully in his daddy's arms. (Gabe was diagnosed with limb-body wall complex - a rare and fatal birth defect - at 19w 6d and we chose to carry him to term.)

I may be upbeat at times, down or silent at others. I hope that by writing about my experiences I can help people understand my grief and maybe help them through theirs.

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