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Missed Carriage
I consider our family blessed beyond measure. But I can't help but wonder what it would be like if our little Thérèse was still with us. She would be eight this month. From the moment of her conception she was an eternal person known to her Creator God. From the moment of her conception she had a family... six awesome, loving siblings, a dad and mom, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins.
We were all so delighted to learn of her existence. But God called her home not too long after conception. Before we could meet.
In these moments of pondering I do get tearful, wondering the difference she would have made. How different our lives might have been. Just being alive.
And in subtle ways, often in times of difficulty, I'm aware of her presence. I'm aware of her little arms wrapped so tightly around me. Her little voice whispering, "Daddy, I love you."
I'm aware of unseen ways her prayerful attention prompts each of us. Directs us. Reminds us... that far more than our yearning for her to be with us, she yearns for us to be with her.
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Greg Schlueter is an award-winning media producer, speaker and movement leader. He is fully engaged in Mass Impact, a Catholic movement committed to personal, marriage, family and community revival: "Not another program, a way of life in Jesus Christ." The weekly radio program and podcast is IGNITE Radio Live. Get the free LIVE IT App. Join many families and groups using the weekly Live IT Gathering Guide. Help proclaim to the world: I Love My Family. Greg and Stephanie have six children and live in Toledo, Ohio.
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