Remembering Marie Lynn

I don’t take any birthday or milestone for granted with my kids because there were so many times, especially in their first years of life, that I thought I might lose them. Tuberculosis, cardiac arrests, seizures, dehydration, pertussis, they have overcome so much. Yesterday that hit home even more as one of the babies, Marie Lynn, in the Life House passed away. She was here for hospice care but that doesn’t make her death any easier. Kids with her diagnosis usually die in their first year of life. Her first birthday would have been this Saturday. Shortly after pronouncing Marie Lynn’s death I took my kids to their first day of preschool, something we’ve been looking forward to for quite awhile. I celebrated that milestone while simultaneously grieving the loss of sweet Marie Lynn. It was a tough day. Some days here are marked with such joy right along with such deep sorrow.

Marie Lynn wasn't able to see here on this earth. But as one of her sponsors shared, "It is so wonderful to know that the first thing she was able to see with perfect eyes was Christ Jesus himself." We sang this song at Marie Lynn's funeral today, a small graveside service attended by some of her nannies, one of her nurses, and a few of the missionary staff. Marie Lynn was cherished by her Heavenly Father as well as her COTP family and now she is truly free indeed.

"Who the Son sets free
Oh is free indeed
I'm a child of God
Yes I am
In my Father's house
There's a place for me
I'm a child of God
Yes I am"

Please pray for all of Marie Lynn’s caregivers as well as the other children in the Life House who are experiencing her loss.

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