I Will Carry You - Part 1

Dear Sweet Boy,

I got an email from my friend, Rhonda, today. She sent me an iTunes song as a gift, and until I received it, I had no idea you could even buy someone a song and send it to them. What a unique idea.

But, what floored me even more was the song that she chose to send. It was I Will Carry You (Audrey's Song) by Selah. Rhonda said she'd heard it the week before and loved it, but did not know anyone it applied to. Suddenly, my situation came up, and she thought of the song again.

What she didn't know is that I've heard the song before. In fact, I came across Angie Smith's blog Bring the Rain the last time I miscarried, and spent hours reading the story of her sweet daughter, Audrey, who lived only a few hours after she was born. (Angie is Todd Smith's wife, who is a singer for Selah). The song is amazing, but her blog is gut-wrenching. Angie wrote a book (Also called I Will Carry You) chronicling her journey with little Audrey, and it just came out a few weeks ago. Ironically, I had it on my "books to buy" list, thinking I would read it and keep it to give away if I ever had a friend go through the loss of a child.

Then, yesterday happened.

And I thought about the book, but completely forgot about the song. But, God did not forget. He knew it would touch me, and He knew I needed to hear it again, and so He used Rhonda to remind me of it.

So as soon as Nana comes to get your brothers, we're listening to this song...