DS was born on June 13, 10 days after his due date. It was the one date I was praying he wasn't born. My brother's birthday is the same day, but more importantly DH's father died on that day. I didn't want DH to associate DS with his father's death . However after DS was born, DH and his brother both said they felt God gave part of their father back to them (DS is named after him). My BIL, who is DS's godfather, said God knew what he was doing and life has now come full circle. God knew better than I did. He always does.
Re: Another Reason DS confirms my belief in God
Your DS is a true blessing.
That made me tear up.
I have had one major situation happen in my life right when I found out I was pregnant. I dont want to go into it but I truly believe in God, and that everything (bad and good) happens for a reason.
That is very touching!
I have a similar situation. My BIL Patrick was killed by a drunk driver 9 years ago,leaving my sister a young mother and widow (my niece was only 9 months old). It was an incredibly hard situation for both of our familys. DH and I are high school sweathearts and decided directly there after (with everyones blessing) that someday if we were blessed with a Son he would be given my BIL's first name as his middle name and DS's first name would be the name that my BIL always wanted to give his own Son someday. Koston Patrick. From the time I got pregnant we all felt in our hearts that I was having a boy, when we found out for sure we knew his name right away. But to top it off my water broke and DS was born two weeks early on March 18th-my BIL's birthday. Maybe you can understand what that felt like for all of us. When his Mother hugged me and held my Son and told me that there was finally a light and happyness to that day again that she thought she would never have it overwhelmed me beyond decription and I know for sure that it wasnt just a fluke.
*Sorry so long.*
Having babies also helped reaffirm my relationship with God...
Here's our story:
My mom was diagnosed with stomach cancer on Jan 3 of this year and passed away on March 30th- 18 days before DS was born. Her goal was to make it until he got here and hold him in her arms, but sadly that day never came. All of a sudden a couple months later, I found out I'm pg AGAIN!! DS was just 3 months old!! We go in and find out that this baby is due on March 30th, 2009- exactly ONE YEAR to the day my mom passed away. And just recently we found out it was a girl!!
We all know my mom was a control freak and this is just one more way for her to keep her lil' finger stirring our pot!! She's sure not gonna let us forget her!! (like we ever would!!)
My husband's mother died before I met her, and his grandmother, who lived with them and helped raise him because his mother had been ill since his birth, died one month to the day before our wedding. Joseph was born three days after Christmas.
It wasn't until we were hanging some things after re-doing the ceiling this spring that we found these plates his mother had in hanging on the wall of her dining room. One for her, her husband, Matthew and his grandmother, all with their birth month. We don't have to change anything for our family. His mother and I are both April. His grandmother and Joseph are both December.
My husband was so so so close to both his mother and his Nana. I really think God gave him me and Joseph to fill the space they left behind.