Angels Among Us: Our Christmas Prayers Answered!

We were a bundle of nerves going to our appointment today to check on "Wilbur's" progress. You name the scenario, I had envisioned it. I had thought of the best case scenarios and the worst case scenarios and the in-between scenarios. Every time I had a negative thought, I told myself, "NO!" and replaced it with a positive one...but I'll tell ya, I had to do that a lot. I even yelled "NO!" at myself so loudly in my dreams that I woke myself and John up!

Today, driving to the appointment the song "Angels Among Us" came on the radio and I made John stop our conversation so I could listen. It's a little cheesy, but I've always loved it because it was a song we sang in our sorority and after losing Callie, it had a different meaning for me. The lyrics talk about how angels walk amongst us, in you and in me, and I connected it to my feelings of having 'Earth angels' who help you in your times of need.

Suddenly, in the middle of the song, a large shuttle bus swerved into our lane to avoid another car. John slammed on his brakes and I shouted, "Lord, please protect us!!!" I could see us heading straight for the back-corner of that bus- right into my side of the car.

I'm not sure how, but we stopped a few feet shy of that bus and luckily no one rear-ended us. As my heart slowed down to a normal beat, I heard the song continuing like there had never been an interruption, "Ohhh, I believe there are angels among us, sent down to us from somewhere up above, they come to you and me, in our darkest hours..."

Later at the doctor's office, we were taken back for ultrasounds and met an upbeat technician with beautiful dark skin and a gorgeous Nigerian accent. Entering the room, we could hear Christian worship songs playing softly in the background (there's never music!) from the tech's Pandora Station. She was bubbly and talked to us about her kids humorously but with so much love behind every word. With every breath she told us how she asked God for patience with this or prayed to him to help her with that and it became clear that she was a deeply faithful woman.

I was listening, but also kind of tuning her out as I hyper-analyzed every measurement she made on the baby. Is she growing? What does that number mean? Is her foot turned funny? Questions zipped through my mind at a rapid speed. At some point, she asked us how old our first was. We told her about Callie and then told her Charlotte was 20 months old and that her favorite word is "No". She laughed and said, "After 'no' comes 'why'."

And then she told us a story that left me with chills. She said once she was listening to her pastor's sermon. It was a story of a young boy who was racing to greet his father who was returning home from work after a long day. The boy, joyfully distracted, ran right over top of some railroad tracks in the path of an oncoming train. The father screamed out to his son and told him to GET DOWN! The boy listened right away and his life was spared because the train rolled right over top of him, leaving him unharmed.

The tech looked us in the eyes as she told us, "You see, if he had stop to ask, "Why?", he would have been killed instantly by the train. It is the same way with God. You have to trust Him and not stop and ask, "Why?"."

My eyes filled up with tears as she finished the story, lovingly telling us that she reminds her son of that story every time he bugs her with a "Why?" question..."because I said so!" she laughed. But my heart was still back on the parable of the boy, his father, and the train. I sat there thinking, here is another Earth Angel, right in front of us- just like my Maggiano Angel from that Valentine's Day so long ago. It was no accident that she was our technician today, when out of all of our bajillions of visits we've never seen her. We were meant to cross paths and meant to hear that message.

She left me with a feeling of peace that was soon followed up with joy- because, GREAT NEWS! 'Wilbur' grew! She made great progress and even caught up a few days! She's still small, but the fact that she didn't fall any further behind and actually made further progress than expected was OUTSTANDING news.

The doctor told me to keep doing whatever it is that we are doing and that he will check up on us again in two more weeks. That means more rest, eating enough protein to qualify me for an NFL linebacker, and keep praying and staying positive.

We have no doubt that the love, support, and prayers from all of you played a part in today's outcome.

We also know that there were angels among us today.

Especially one dressed in yellow with sunshine glistening off of her wings.

Merry Christmas everyone! We feel so blessed to have our Christmas prayers answered this day.

xoxo

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"I was walking home from school, on a cold winter day Took a shortcut through the woods, and I lost my way It was getting late, and I was scared and alone But then a kind old man, took my hand, and led me home Mama couldn't see him, oh but he was standing there And I knew in my heart, he was the answer to my prayers

Oh I believe there are, angels among us Sent down to us, from somewhere up above They come to you and me, in our darkest hours To show us how to live, to teach us how to give To guide us with the light of love

When life held troubled times, and had me down on my knees There's always been someone, to come along, and comfort me A kind word from a stranger, to lend a helping hand A phone call from a friend, just to say, I understand But ain't it kind of funny, at the dark end of the road That someone lights the way, with just a single ray of hope

They wear so many faces, show up in the strangest places To grace us with their mercy, in our time of need

faith, Pregnancy After a LossKristin CornelyDecember 24, 2014angel, christmas, pregnancy after a loss4 Comments