Target Angels

It seems like not matter how stressful things get with dealing with two children two and under I am always thanking God for the two wonderful children that we have. Today I was especially humbled when an Angel came upon me and my boys at Target. Now usually during grocery shopping trips I get the usual negative stares or comments from older women such as "Oh you are too young to have two kids... or Aren't you too young to have children?" Or my personal favorite...when it's 70 degrees outside....."Your baby doesn't have socks on....he is cold." Really!?!? My usual response is that well...maybe when my husband and I are 40 I will maybe look 20 by then and he is that 40 year old with the hot 20 year old wife! Anyway...today at Target I was again tackling my two boys fussing while I only needed one thing! A woman passed us and I noticed that she had a little girl around the same age as Isaiah. She stopped us and asked how old Noah was. I said 6 months. She said "Oh I have a little boy 6 months old!" I kind of found it odd that he wasn't with her. Before I could ask where he was she told me..."He died when he was one month old." My heart sank and all I could say was "Oh I'm so sorry God bless him." She proceeded to tell me how he passed away and then asked when Noah was born. I told her Septmeber 20th and she told me her son was born on the 26th....Noah's original due date. I could then tell that even on her small frame she still had a small post partum belly and immediately I felt very selfish. I am so hard and down on myself most of the time for not having the perfect tight body that I once had in my previous life before children. This woman that I met was such an inspiration and seemed so at peace, and I almost didn't feel worthy of the time that she gave me. She was so sweet. It really reaffirmed Mark and mine's thoughts that we say over and over again and that is "No matter how bad things could ever get between us and our family at least we have our health." And it's true. I would take a million bad days alone with the kids over anything else really. You know I recall when I was pregnant with Isaiah so many people told me..."Your life is over"....what they really should have said was..."Your life as you know it might be over....but the best part of your life is just beginning." I feel blessed to be touched by one of God's angels today. Her positive attitude through such a tragedy was inspiration beyond words. God bless you and your family. :)