Sweetest Makiah, As I am scurrying around the kitchen trying to fix dinner, I can't help but think about it. I try not to go there often. To the deep places I mean. Who does? Who has time when life wraps around you with a dizzying swirl of busyness? But something about anniversaries catches your breath and stills the racing thoughts. It's 3:17 right now. And you were still alive then. We were driving between Jacksonville and Valdosta. You were watching a cartoon about the miracles of Jesus. I wish you could see your sisters now. I think they have changed clothes several times since we got home from preschool! They asked me in the car this morning if you go to school. They said they wanted you to see them dance and wanted to show you their rainbow toes. I told them we could ask Jesus to show them to you. So they asked Him to right then! Such childlike faith. It reminds me of you. ...
I have never wanted to be a blogger until this morning (10/23/10). For some reason I awoke feeling the need to share this journey. My four year old daughter was killed in a tragic car accident on October 8th, 2010 when our car was struck by a teen on marijuana. This blog is a small window into the brokenness of my heart and perhaps... one day, the healing. Do not mistake this for theological discourse. Jesus, not our circumstances, equals perfect theology. Be warned, this is raw...