Scott,
It's been almost 15 years since my wife and I lost our daughter to SIDS - she was 3mo. old. Time will help with the immediate pain, but it still doesn't take much to get the tears flowing again. I don't know you Scott, but when I read your post and saw the picture of your son, I felt the pain all over again. I know that it hurts. My co-workers must be wondering why this guy is at his desk crying.
I called my wife and she e-mailed me this story that was from a devotional that we both found comforting after our daughter's death.
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The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail. (Isa. 58:11)
The children playing in the garden wanted to pick a flower for their mother. With lack of wisdom, but loving hearts, they pulled a large bud, enfolded in green, velvety leaves. Poor bud, untimely plucked for its parent stem, never to unfold as a thing of beauty, only left to wither and die! God's flowers are always wisely pulled. He wants the buds as well as the blossoms, but He guides His hands wittingly. He makes no mistakes. That lovely flower, as dear to you as life itself, is not left to wither and die. It is but transplanted to a sunnier land, to the King's own palace garden.
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You will never forget how special you son was to you. God bless you, God bless your family, and especially God bless Sean.
We are praying for you!
-Craig Perez
