If circumstances had been different, we would have been celebrating the 18th birthday of a sweet guy named Caleb Dewey Boyd today. You may remember that Caleb was the only one of the children that Gerry got to "catch" as the midwife arrived a little late. It was plenty exciting. After 17 years of no celebrations, you would think that today would not matter. But the truth is that it does. I guess I have been thinking more about Caleb's life (the slow growth, surgeries, recovery), his home-going, and the services surrounding that lately because of reading "Choosing to See" by Mary Beth Chapman. Their youngest was accidentally hit and killed by a car their son was driving. I found it difficult to read but helpful in faith. The last paragraph states: "I can choose to see His story or I can miss it." I believe I can see a speck of His story surrounding Caleb's brief visit to our family. But oh, I want to see more. I believe we were changed in ways that we'll only fully see in eternity. I do thank God for that patient, precious little guy. In tears, I ask Him to give Caleb a big hug on his birthday.
If circumstances had been different, we would have been celebrating the 18th birthday of a sweet guy named Caleb Dewey Boyd today. You may remember that Caleb was the only one of the children that Gerry got to "catch" as the midwife arrived a little late. It was plenty exciting. After 17 years of no celebrations, you would think that today would not matter. But the truth is that it does. I guess I have been thinking more about Caleb's life (the slow growth, surgeries, recovery), his home-going, and the services surrounding that lately because of reading "Choosing to See" by Mary Beth Chapman. Their youngest was accidentally hit and killed by a car their son was driving. I found it difficult to read but helpful in faith. The last paragraph states: "I can choose to see His story or I can miss it." I believe I can see a speck of His story surrounding Caleb's brief visit to our family. But oh, I want to see more. I believe we were changed in ways that we'll only fully see in eternity. I do thank God for that patient, precious little guy. In tears, I ask Him to give Caleb a big hug on his birthday.
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