The gift of a name…
A beautiful memory worth sharing….
The Gifts in the Grief…( I wrote this back in 2019)
I hope you don’t mind as we continue to share.
Our little Stella is already working so much in our lives. Sharing to me allows her precious little life to be a light to the sanctity of life, to the blessing of children, to the deep love mothers feel for their children from the moment they are conceived, and to our connection with the communion of saints in heaven.
I’ve been praying to see the gifts in the grief. Gifts are not things that make it better or take the pain. They don’t provide an answer of why…They just show hope. They show light.
They show the love of God in the midst of the hurt. They show her life was not a waste because she is more alive now than ever. So I would like to share one of the gifts with you today.
Yesterday I asked my MIL if she would get a rosary for Stella since she gets one for each child at first communion. I longed to have something to hold onto. She said of course and that she already had one at home that was a baby rosary she had gotten awhile back. Later that day when she got home She sent this photo describing it and told me the blue Stones are called Mary star of the sea, something she had never heard of before…Stella means “Mary Star of the Sea”
The other wonderful gift, She purchased it years ago in Notre Dame Cathedral…such a sacred place. When I told her she was moved by how God works in such small and beautiful ways. As she shared I cried and just felt my little girl smiling at me 
There are moments in the grief where you feel crazy to feel the pain. Where you question yourself. And I have been just asking Stella to show me her presence. To send me a hug. To be with us…And this is one of the ways that she has in the short time she has been gone.
When we gathered to pray last night I shared with the kids and they smiled. They know she is here with them too. So as we continue to wait we grieve and yet also we hold onto these gifts from above and give thanks. Thank you for allowing me to share her story. Thank you for continuing to shower us in prayer, love and support.”
