{"id":19746,"date":"2019-05-15T21:21:40","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T02:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/?p=19746"},"modified":"2019-05-15T21:21:40","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T02:21:40","slug":"seasons-of-living-and-dying-and-living-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2019\/20190515-19746.htm","title":{"rendered":"Seasons of living and dying and living again"},"content":{"rendered":"

“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
\na time to be born, and a time to die;
\na time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
\na time to kill, and a time to heal;
\na time to break down, and a time to build up;
\na time to weep, and a time to laugh;
\na time to mourn, and a time to dance;
\na time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
\na time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
\na time to seek, and a time to lose;
\na time to keep, and a time to cast away;
\na time to tear, and a time to sew;
\na time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
\na time to love, and a time to hate;
\na time for war, and a time for peace.”<\/p>\n

~Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (ESV)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My parents celebrate their 37th wedding anniversary today. Thirty-seven years of faithfulness to one another. Thirty-seven years of God’s faithfulness to them and to us.<\/p>\n

We all mourn one year without my grandpa today. One year without being asked “What’s the best thing I ever did for you?” and one year without answering “You married Grandma!” <\/p>\n

Tomorrow marks one month from when I started to miscarry. One month missing our baby. One month feeling a hole in our family where that baby had already been building his place. One month of explaining and re-explaining to my young son that no, mama doesn’t have a brother for him in her womb. <\/p>\n

Our first peony<\/p>\n

Today, my first ever peony bloomed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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