Those were the words I spoke as I gently tossed a flower into the 3 little graves laid out before me. Such tiny caskets lay in those holes. 2 lives cut short by sickness and 1 who needed medical equipment that the hospital did not have, all 3 in a country where the health care options are limited.
I looked in those graves and wondered if it would have been different if they lived in my town in Michigan. Would they still be here and thriving? I have never been so thankful that I was blessed to have my children in a 1st world country with excellent medical care and facilities. I was even extra blessed to have a good friend of mine be their pediatrician for a few years so I always had someone I trusted that I could talk to when my kids were sick.
As I gazed upon those little graves as the men began to shovel the dirt over their caskets (I am so thankful we do not have to endure that in America because hearing the dirt thudding on the casket is a sickening sound) my friend Jenny put her arm around me. I thanked her for being at BG for both the good and the bad times and she said, "Imagine what their lives would have been like without BG and the love they were given." That brought tears to my eyes and an awakening in my soul.
Oh how we loved them, we have shed tears for them, we mourn for them and we gave them a proper burial. Had they never been brought to us, I do not think they would have felt that love and felt those tender hands holding them through their sicknesses. I praise God for the short time He gave them to us and yes, I praise Him. Blessed be His name because He knew the day and the hour He would take them home and He trusted us to be the ones He wanted to care for His little angels before He called them to His arms. Thank you God for your trust and for your healing as we mourn their loss.
What a difficult experience for you all. Praying for healing and...eagerly waiting for the day when all shall be right!
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