Comments on: words to take with you http://exitstrategy07.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/words-to-take-with-you/ the story of getting Baby Isabella Lafferty to safety Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:07:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Brenda Hudson http://exitstrategy07.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/words-to-take-with-you/#comment-398 Brenda Hudson Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:02:36 +0000 http://exitstrategy07.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/words-to-take-with-you/#comment-398 Had Don and I believed we could have kept our composure long enough to speak when the mike was open at Bella's furneral we would have shared the following. "Just some 82 days before (Dec.21) our daughter stood where Bella lays. She, like Bella, was surrounded by flowers and adorned in a white gown. Ready to join her bridegroom. There was a beauty that filled Gods house that day. Not one as a result of wedding planning but that of the Lord's. And there is a beauty that fills God's house today. Not a result of man's planning but that of the Lord's. And more beautiful that that wedding day is this day, where Bella stands complete with her eternal bridegroom. Oh, to behold what she beholds." ...Better the house of morning...indeed. Had Don and I believed we could have kept our composure long enough to speak when the mike was open at Bella’s furneral we would have shared the following. “Just some 82 days before (Dec.21) our daughter stood where Bella lays. She, like Bella, was surrounded by flowers and adorned in a white gown. Ready to join her bridegroom. There was a beauty that filled Gods house that day. Not one as a result of wedding planning but that of the Lord’s. And there is a beauty that fills God’s house today. Not a result of man’s planning but that of the Lord’s. And more beautiful that that wedding day is this day, where Bella stands complete with her eternal bridegroom. Oh, to behold what she beholds.”

…Better the house of morning…indeed.

]]> By: Brad http://exitstrategy07.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/words-to-take-with-you/#comment-372 Brad Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:34:57 +0000 http://exitstrategy07.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/words-to-take-with-you/#comment-372 I have had the supremely unpleasant experience of watching young men die after every known & available "heroic measure" has failed. You sometimes get numbed to it as you go through all your various algorithms (if this, then do that..) but you are never truly numbed enough. And if you ever do get numbed enough its probably time to find another job. Every time we had an Iraqi child brought to us it was horrifying because you'd see in that child's place your own. In a hellish place far far from Dallas I accepted a demonic lie as divine premonition that my own life was destined to end. My confusion and anger and sadness at not ever seeing my children and their mother nearly destroyed me. PRL and JLL --along with Chaplain Bey and my Combat Stress Control pal (who's ordained in his civ life)saved me from surrendering to my worst fears. I didnt have to face "the long dark night of the soul" alone. I stand with you in your grief. I thank you for loving me and loving Bella. May He use this bereavemt to equip you to console and reach others (who are at this time unknown to either of us) who will in the future face a similar event. As He lovingly embraces her so may you too be embraced I have had the supremely unpleasant experience of watching young men die after every known & available “heroic measure” has failed. You sometimes get numbed to it as you go through all your various algorithms (if this, then do that..) but you are never truly numbed enough. And if you ever do get numbed enough its probably time to find another job. Every time we had an Iraqi child brought to us it was horrifying because you’d see in that child’s place your own.
In a hellish place far far from Dallas I accepted a demonic lie as divine premonition that my own life was destined to end. My confusion and anger and sadness at not ever seeing my children and their mother nearly destroyed me.
PRL and JLL –along with Chaplain Bey and my Combat Stress Control pal (who’s ordained in his civ life)saved me from surrendering to my worst fears. I didnt have to face “the long dark night of the soul” alone.
I stand with you in your grief. I thank you for loving me and loving Bella. May He use this bereavemt to equip you to console and reach others (who are at this time unknown to either of us) who will in the future face a similar event.
As He lovingly embraces her so may you too be embraced

]]> By: Douglas Jordan http://exitstrategy07.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/words-to-take-with-you/#comment-371 Douglas Jordan Sat, 22 Dec 2007 22:13:39 +0000 http://exitstrategy07.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/words-to-take-with-you/#comment-371 "And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints." Patrick, Christy, Seamus, and Savannah, we pray for you. Remember that Isabella prays for you, too. “And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.”

Patrick, Christy, Seamus, and Savannah, we pray for you. Remember that Isabella prays for you, too.

]]> By: sethandkristen http://exitstrategy07.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/words-to-take-with-you/#comment-370 sethandkristen Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:16:38 +0000 http://exitstrategy07.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/words-to-take-with-you/#comment-370 Thank you for sharing this with us. We wished so badly we could have been with you yesterday and have been checking the blog to see how the service went. We pray that you were overwhelmed by love and that you continue to receive love and support from those around you. We have been amazed by your strength and vulnerability through this season. What a beautiful poem you wrote for Bella. I will forever envision her dancing and singing in heaven. What a precious little princess. I can't wait to meet her in heaven. love, Kristen Thank you for sharing this with us. We wished so badly we could have been with you yesterday and have been checking the blog to see how the service went. We pray that you were overwhelmed by love and that you continue to receive love and support from those around you. We have been amazed by your strength and vulnerability through this season.
What a beautiful poem you wrote for Bella. I will forever envision her dancing and singing in heaven. What a precious little princess. I can’t wait to meet her in heaven.
love, Kristen

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