ya, i hear you too sally. i think this way all the time. i hear stories of difficult births and cords around babies necks, but they all make it- what a miracle. and why were we the ones who ended up in this unlucky club?
Yes, frustrating indeed, the way the world works. I hadn't heard about the elephant mommy. Mother nature works in strange (aggravatingly mysterious) ways...
Ack - exactly! So happy for the mama elephant, but what a headf**k for anyone who's been told there is no heartbeat and is hoping so hard that their baby will prove the doctors wrong.
My first child, a little girl we named Hope Angel, was born sleeping after a robustly healthy pregnancy at 40 weeks and 5 days on Tuesday 19 August 2008. She was 8 pounds and perfect, but didn't arrive in to our waiting arms breathing. My second child, a gorgeous little boy named Angus Leo, was born alive and well on Tuesday 17 November 2009. We were then blessed to welcome our third child, a beautiful little girl named Juliet Lily, the day before Hope's third birthday, on Thursday 18 August 2011. I love all three of my children desperately but my heart aches for the absence of my first little girl who got away. This is where I try and make sense of it all.
And if the baby elephant had died, it would not have made the news. Xxx
ReplyDeleteI find myself sighing altogether too much at stories like this.
ReplyDeleteWhy indeed.
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Sigh. Yup, I hear you. XO
ReplyDeleteI'm hearing you Sally!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the momma elephant appreciates the luck she got?
ReplyDeleteI'm just a *tad* angry at the unfairness Mother Nature deals us.
ya, i hear you too sally. i think this way all the time. i hear stories of difficult births and cords around babies necks, but they all make it- what a miracle. and why were we the ones who ended up in this unlucky club?
ReplyDeleteYes, frustrating indeed, the way the world works. I hadn't heard about the elephant mommy. Mother nature works in strange (aggravatingly mysterious) ways...
ReplyDeleteI feel this way when I see shows like 16 & Pregnant. I'm sorry Sally. :(
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Ack - exactly! So happy for the mama elephant, but what a headf**k for anyone who's been told there is no heartbeat and is hoping so hard that their baby will prove the doctors wrong.
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