50,400 minutes of wonderful

Those that are close to me know that "Steel Magnolias" is my all time favorite movie. I can recite the lines out of it on command. I even went to college in the small Louisiana town that it was filmed in. So, to those it is no surprise that I reference it in referring to the latest challenge in our lives. Julia Roberts character, Shelby, made a comment when she was arguing with Sally Field, who played her mother, about her high risk pregnancy. She said, "I would rather have 7 minutes of wonderful, than a lifetime of nothing special." Those words have always stuck with me because I felt the same way. In the last two weeks we have been on an emotional roller coaster. We found out that we were pregnant on March 21st and were elated. Our excitement didn't last very long because on Friday we found out that we were in danger of a miscarriage. We spent the entire weekend awaiting positive results from the doctor on Monday. After our visit on Monday, we received devastating news. A miscarriage would happen within 72 hours. This week we were in the depths of grief. We lost the baby this week. I wouldn't trade the 5 weeks of pregnancy that we did have for anything. It was the most wonderful feeling that I have ever experienced. We have both clung to the Lord and His Word this week and are claiming the promises that he has for us and we will make it through this difficult time. We had 50,400 minutes of wonderful instead of a lifetime of nothing special.