Happy Birthday, Betsey Pearl.
May 04th, 2025 by G.
Today in the sacrament we remember a body broken and blood shed, and then that same body made whole again, a person again, and clothed in spotless unbloodied white.
I also remember a pale unmoving body and look forward to when she moves again, ruddy with life.
This is what I wrote on Betsey’s 4th birthday. What would have been her 4th birthday.
One promise of the Resurrection can be found in the fact that the grief never fades. We were not meant for separation.
Betsey, wherever you are, think kindly of your father.
Rozy
May 17, 2025
Recently I was thinking of our precious son, James, pondering how he made wrong choices and was so lost because of those choices. Into my mind came his voice saying, “I’m not lost now, Mom.” And I rejoiced in the renewed understanding that the Atonement of Jesus Christ works. James is safe from Satan, endowed with power (we took his name to the temple) and able to move forward. I don’t know exactly what the spirit world is like, but I do know that James is alive and well there. I just miss him here more than I thought possible.
Losing a child changes a parent to the same magnitude that giving birth to a child does. Life is never the same.