I was very touched by Elder Holland's talk in General Conference this last weekend about the Savior's Atonement and Resurrection. I was telling my mom that I almost felt like I was under a spell- his words were so powerful. I have always been taught that the Savior always knows how we feel as we are going through the trials we face in this life, butI don't think I understood how that was possible until I listened to Elder Holland. All I knew was that the Savior has definitely carried us through losing Jacob and Joseph. Now I understand that He could carry us because He truly knew how we felt. I am so grateful for Him and the promise that Jacob is saved in the Celestial Kingdom because of the miraculous Atonement. And that if we do our best to live as we should and repent as we make mistakes, we have the same promise. That's what I'll be thinking about this Easter.
We took some Easter things to Jacob's grave. The Elmo and Percy are things he loved to play with. The pinwheels on the right are for Our Primary Colors, his favorite song. The kids picked out the Easter figurines on sticks on the left. The baskets are filled with eggs. We wrote messages to Jacob on them and put them inside. We miss you, Jacob!
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I just realized that I recognized that headstone, which is weird to you probably. I have gone and looked at several headstones in the cemetery where Dominic and Bridget are buried. I take note more when it is a child. I believe, anyway, if my mind is right, that I have seen your little son's headstone in that same cemetery. His final resting place. I went and looked over your blogs and see that you also lost Joseph last October, and that your due date was last month. I am glad you remember him, too. It is weird to me that I am finding "friends" who have also lost their child(ren) and have buried them in the same cemetery where Dominic and Bridget are. It makes me wonder if we will all have the chance to look back on this life while we are raising our little ones someday. If we will all go to claim them from their dedicated place in the earth, when the grave lets go and death overcome. And we will already know each other because our hearts were knit together in this experience, even though we have never met? There are so many questions and one day, eternal answers. One day. And for today, it is nice to have the insights we have had. Like from Elder Holland.
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