today was a hard one for me for some reason (maybe becuz i'm over tired...so WHY am i awake yet at 11:35pm?????) i was driving around picking up kids and getting to school for caleb's bball game when i kept hearing over and over in my head "honey, he's gone....honey, he's gone....honey, he's gone" oh how i wish i could just lose that memory! i'm sure another one would take it's place. i could tell tears were just under the surface for me all day....and i let them flow from the ride from my sister's house to school.....pulled over and just let it all out. it felt good in a way - not to hold it in....but in another way it just opened my heart scar just a little.
sunday night was our kid's christmas program - absolutely adorable!! when the kids were all sitting in the benches waiting to do their program i looked over at them all and suddenly it struck me....there's one less child in that group. one less seth. i looked over at seth's friend, grayden - who he'd always be by and saw a short little guy with the same color hair and the same height as seth. my heart skipped several beats wondering whether or not God was going to supply another one of His gifts to me.... He did - it was luke. of course it was luke!! he's looking SO MUCH like his older brother! what a gift and what a bittersweet moment.
at the end of the program i noticed something in our mailbox at church. i went to go and get it and didn't have a chance to look at it until we got home. it was a children's book called 'If you find a rock'. it's a beautiful book about stones.....seth stones. (he ALWAYS was looking for stones) i don't know who it was from, but they put his name in the space for "this book belongs to" along with a verse about God being our Rock. what this person didn't know was it is an amazing gift they gave us becuz one of the pictures in this precious book had a boy hanging onto a stone.....they are the EXACT hands that seth had. when i say exact....i mean the same bit off nails, the same grime under them, the same short stubby cute little fingers.....they were seth's hands. i will treasure this book for as long as i live, and when i have another day like today i just may pull this out and look at our little guy's hands and have sweet, sweet memories of our seffers. 
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You mention the gift of Luke... reminders of Seth that you see in Luke. I have those same "glimpses" of Jon lately when I look at Nate (only a darker version). At first it scared me.. made me hurt maybe a little more, especially lately. But then David's cousin reminded me that God has given me a "piece" of Jon to hold onto... reminders of HIs goodness and faithfulness, good memories to hold onto and not always the events of that awful weekend.
When I thought on how Nate looks like Jon and is the tease Jon used to be, I thought about you and Luke (honestly)-- and maybe even the kids (but especially the boys) Luke could give you as grandchildren. I have no doubts there will be another "Seth" in the pack... there to remind you of God's love and faithfulness, but also to remind you that he too is waiting for your heavenly reunion.
jolynn that is so special!
thank you for sharing that.
wishing you a very Merry Christmas!
Wow what an awesome blessing. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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