Our friends have learned the battle they have so strongly fought to save their son from cancer has ended. The doctors have told them there is no longer hope, and yet how does a parent ever give up hope? Even after the end do you give up hope? Isn't it a different hope?
There is a candle light vigil this evening. Baby D might still be with us during the vigil, he might be with God. I can't stop thinking about all the candles that he will only get to see from heaven. His 1st birthday candle, candles lit at church in prayer for him, candles at his siblings weddings, candles at his parents anniversaries, candles at the dinner table, candles in celebration, in meditation and in grief. He is a twin and his brother will have to blow out all their candles by himself.
I am thankful for D's life, for his journey, for the love he gave his family and the smiles he shared with our world, the courage he lived with and the grace he showed to more people than we will ever know. People he never met that have prayed for him and known him through his families words and love. I am sad to never see him playing outside with all the other kids, running through yards, riding his bike, chasing the dogs, playing flashlight tag and wondering at the stars. I grieve for his parents, their loss unexplainable. There are no words of comfort. I pray God enfolds them, keeps them strong together, with one another and surrounded by the Holy Spirit to sustain them.
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