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TTC After a Loss
Weird things happen at Walmart. (sorry...long)
I was in line last night at Walmart behind a woman, a man, and two little boys. The woman proceeds to strike up a conversation with the clerk. This irritated me because I like to get in, take care of business, and get out...especially at Walmart during the Christmas season. They started talking about the little boys who were either twins or very close in age. The folowing is paraphrased for the most part because I wasn't paying complete attention>
Clerk: Are those your boys?
Woman: Yeah and they are my miracles!
Clerk: Why do you say that?
(This part it pretty much verbatim..I do remember this part)
Woman: After I had my baby girl I couldn't have no more but I really wanted a boy. (I know, I wanted to slap her, too). This evangelist came through my church and looked at me and told me to talk to the Lord "claim my son". He didn't even know me or that I wanted a boy.
Clerk: Well it looks like it worked
Woman: Yeah but between them and grandbabies I think I'm going to go bald!
(To be fair, the boys were kind of orbiting her and her husband and begging for toys etc...they looked to be early elementary.)
My first thought was "Oh God, Is that what I did wrong? I didn't "claim" my children. Or did I just need some random evangelist to tell me what I needed to do?"
I hate to sound bitter but other peoples miracle stories just make me sad even though my youngest DD is our miracle. I used to tell my story proudly hoping to inspire people but now I feel like a hypocrit if I say anything.
FWIW, if you are spiritual, try "Claiming" your child. I don't know if it works and I won't really have the opportunity to try the theory but I figured I would throw it out for those of you who have hope. It can't hurt and it seemed to work for this lady...twice.
dd(Brianna) 11/01/94, ds(Bram)10/17/95, ds(Jesse)9/26/97, dd (Annie Ruth) 7/27/05
5mc Jan '08, May '08, Feb '09, Sept '09, Apr '11
"And can it be that in a world so full and busy, the loss of one weak creature makes a void in any heart, so wide and deep that nothing but the width and depth of vast eternity can fill it up." - Charles Dickens
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Re: Weird things happen at Walmart. (sorry...long)
So how does this Claiming your child thing work? Do I take a ticket to a window somewhere like the service department at a car lot? Or do I just yell out "Hey give me my kid now!"
I am christian but I hate all the crazy 'religious' BS that people try to throw out there. Like I lost my baby because I didnt want it bad enough.
That is kind of what I was thinking, too. How do I go about this? I prared almost constantly. I prayed for God's will, not mine and that if it wasn't "His plan", that I just not get pregnant. Instead, I got 4 MC and I still don't know what I'm supposed to do.
My favorite "crazy 'religius' BS" phrase was said to me after my last loss:
"God has something better in store for you" Seriously? It must be some humdinger of something better. I know I am only human but I can't wrap my head around somethin better than having one of my babies alive and healthy.
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