Remember Ashleigh, who wrote a guest post here about what it's like having a husband deployed in Iraq? We'll, he's safely home now, and she's made a beautiful video about their journey here.
And as if that's not enough joy, remember Molly, who guest posted about the grief of losing her daughter? Today she's the happy momma of a precious new baby boy, Morrow. You can read the details here.
I'm just a puddle of happy tears for these sweet women.
Ashleigh's video was amazing. I'm off to read Molly's great news!
God. Is. Good.
Posted by: kelli | Saturday, August 23, 2008 at 11:20 PM
I've been a big fan of your blog for some time.... Delurking to say Thank You for the great links. What an amazing way to start the day. Though after watching Ashleigh's video, I am glad the day hasn't yet involved mascara! Great stuff! Thanks so much...
Posted by: Kim | Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 05:38 AM
What a great way to start the day! Thanks for sharing the happy news!
Posted by: Kim | Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 07:48 AM
What exciting news for Molly and Abraham and Orison! Thanks for letting us know.
Posted by: Rebecca (Ramblings by Reba) | Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 07:50 AM
Wonderful news on both counts!
And I have some of my own to share with you. I don't know if you remember some months ago when you emailed me after I left a comment about my miscarriage on your blog (the one where you talked about losing your first baby as well). Well I am happy to tell you that 11 months later...I'm finally pregnant again. I'm overjoyed, as you can imagine!
Posted by: Shannon | Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 10:03 AM
Just a reminder: never watch the video or read the posts after you've done your mascara & are minutes from walking out the door to go to church!!! Thank you for the unique way you show your love & care for people.
Posted by: Vicki | Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 10:59 AM
Praise God for both!!
Posted by: Melanie | Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 11:40 AM
Thank you so much for introducing these amazing women. It's a joy to see the way God has taken care of them!
Posted by: Tree Climbing Adventures | Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 07:21 PM
Oh, thanks so much for the update. That is so wonderful and just what I needed today!!
Posted by: The Diaper Diaries | Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 07:28 PM
Wow - thanks so much for updating us...this is just amazing to read!
Posted by: Judy | Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 09:31 PM
Thank you so much for sharing their stories, so we can also share their joys.
Posted by: Anissa@Hope4Peyton | Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 09:57 PM
So glad to hear the good news!
Posted by: ter | Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 10:27 PM
Happy tears, indeed. Wow!
Posted by: Kristen | Monday, August 25, 2008 at 09:37 AM
I lost my son 13 years ago, and then a year later we welcomed our little girl. It was so amazing to hold her in my arms! Katie never replaced Christopher, but she made my heartache go away just a little tiny bit. Plus she was a hugger, and that helped!
I have a post up on grief when you lose a child, too. It was a column that I published several years ago, and to this day it's still the one with the record emails back.
I think we're all going to need Kleenex after all of this!
Visit To Love, Honor and Vacuum today!
Posted by: SheilaG | Monday, August 25, 2008 at 12:32 PM
Did you see the reason for Morrow's name? It's on John Piper's blog.
Tears.
http://www.desiringgod.org/Blog/1364_joy_comes_on_the_morrow/
Posted by: Sarah | Monday, August 25, 2008 at 04:45 PM