An Angel Among Us

I wanted to share with you all this beautiful picture of Hudson taken just a few days before his passing. What a heavenly gift that such beauty should grace our lives, if only for a short time.

3 Weeks!

During my time in Montana for Hudson's funeral this past weekend, I spent a few hours with my friend A. and her baby daughter (the one whose birth I had the privilege to attend). Holding little Kayla was healing for me as I grieved over Hudson's death. To hold this little life in my arms was precious...and a gift. I can't believe she's already three weeks old! So much - too much - has happened since that eventful night when she made her entrance into the world. In a way, I'm feeling a little lost. I've been gone so much since I moved into my new home that I feel unsettled still. There are half-empty boxes in my room and an apartment worth of stuff in our garage. I'm waiting and hoping that life will calm down a bit so I can catch up. But the end still seems a ways away....

Whole At Last

There was a time of rejoicing in Heaven yesterday afternoon. Hudson went Home to be with Jesus! What a joy to know that he has been made whole. Never again will cancer plague his body. Never again will he have to be fed through a tube. No longer will he struggle to hear and to communicate. He is finally free. He is held securely and eternally in the arms of the Father who loves him.

For those of us who knew Hudson, we will never be able to forget his precious smile and the joy he brought to all who met him. God has used this little boy to touch many lives, and I am confident that He will be just as glorified through Hudson's death as He was through his life. Who knows, but maybe we "have entertained [an angel] without knowing it" (Hebrews 13:2).

Please continue to lift Hudson's family and friends before the throne of God.