Hope for Baby Bennett: My Heart Beats Red for Bodie

Monday, February 7, 2011

My Heart Beats Red for Bodie

Thank you SO MUCH to everyone for wearing RED for Bodie on Friday!!! We got so many great pics emailed to us - it's so neat to see where all of our followers and prayer warriors are from! We cannot tell you how it humbled us and just made our hearts swell to hear that so many of you not only took time out of your busy schedules to celebrate Bodie on Friday, but also took the time to email and let me know. :-) What was most touching is that there were people who sent me pictures that we've never even met in person! Thank you so much everyone!

Without further ado...here we are...with our hearts beating red for Bodie...

Us out at dinner tonight, celebrating the fact that the flu, for the most part, has moved on (for those interested, yes, it did turn out to be Influenza - YUCK!, and putting Sierra on Tamiflu pretty much got rid of her symptoms in about 24 hours and Bodie and I were able to avoid it altogether, thank God, by taking Tamiflu prophylatically - Daddy, unfortunately, was too far into his symptoms for Tamiflu to help, so he's still suffering through lingering symptoms):

And Bodie fans!!!

Jill Woods, Salt Lake City, UT

Noah & Zoe Schultz (kiddos of awesome parents Jeff & Kellie), Southern California

Jackie & Hayden (fellow heart warrior!) Cech, Nebraska

Marilyn Banducci, Arroyo Grande, CA

"Gigi" Nancy Gerrish, Nipomo, CA

Brian, Anda & Montgomery Palmore, Austin, TX (formerly of Southern California!)

"Popo" Alan & Grandma Jan, Reno, NV

Cousins Hannah & Amelia Bennett, Denver, CO

(is this not the cutest sign EVER???)

Elliana, Jackson, Layla & Savannah Sievers, Lyons, CO

Ned, Mirabella and Milosh (fellow heart warrior!) Chandler

(yesterday was Milosh's 1st birthday - and today is Mirabella's birthday!)

Sierra's BFF Sofia and her awesome mom Valerie and dad Rik Loyola,

Los Angeles, CA

Sierra's beloved "Teacher Juju" and her sweet Elijah Hernandez,

Los Angeles, CA

Erin, Grant, Levi and Annette Fuller, Seattle, CA

(formerly of Southern California -

and truthfully, we're still trying to convince them to move back)!

Jeremiah, Riley and Hailey Welty, Los Angeles, CA (Hailey is one of Bodie's birth buddies - they were born just 2 days apart!)

Colin, Gina and Dylan Watanabe, Pasadena, CA

There were also many of you who told me you wore red, but forgot to take a picture - thank you SO MUCH for thinking of Bodie!!!

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The Chosen Mothers by Erma Bombeck

Most women become mothers by accident, some by choice, a few by social pressures, and a couple by habit. Did you ever wonder how mothers of children with life threatening illnesses are chosen?

Somehow, I visualize God hovering over Earth selecting His instruments for propagation with great care and deliberation. As He observes, He instructs His angels to make notes in a giant ledger. "Armstrong, Beth, son, patron saint Matthew. Forrest, Marjorie, daughter, patron saint Cecilia. Rutledge, Carrie, twins, patron saint Gerard."

Finally, He passes a name to an angel and says, "Give her a child with cancer." The angel is curious. "Why this one God? She's so happy." "Exactly" smiles God, "Could I give a child with cancer a mother who does not know laughter? That would be cruel."

"But, does she have patience?" asks the angel. "I don't want her to have too much patience or she will drown in a sea of self-pity and despair. Once the shock and resentment wears off, she will handle it." "I watched her today. She has that feeling of self and independence that is so rare and so necessary in a mother. You see, the child I'm going to give her has it's own world. She has to make it live in her world and that's not going to be easy."

"But, Lord, I don't think she believes in you." No matter, I can fix that. This one is perfect. She has just enough selfishness." The angel gasps -"Selfishness? is that a virtue?"

God nods. "If she can't separate herself from the child occasionally, she'll never survive. Yes, here is a woman whom I will bless with a child less than perfect. She doesn't realize it yet, but she is to be envied. She will never take anything her child does for granted. She will never consider a single step ordinary. I will permit her to see clearly the things I see...ignorance, cruelty, prejudice...and allow her to rise above them." She will never be alone. I will be at her side every minute of every day of her life, because she is doing My work as surely as if she is here by My side." "And what about her patron Saint?" asks the angel. His pen poised in mid-air. God smiles, "A mirror will suffice."