Rev. Noel Castellanos, and one of the incredible thigns about the Christian life is that God can take wounded people and turn them into givers and ministers in spite of the woundedness. I think one of the tragedies I've seen is when people focus so much on their own hurt that they can never look outside of themselves to see how they can use their hurt to minister to somebody else. Think of someone today who could use an encouraging word. Call or send a card to that person. He will be an instrument for noble purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work (2 Timothy 2:21).Great God, may I think of others first and stop focusing on myself. Amen.There is no other way for us to make sense of losing our children other than God must have a very special purpose for us and our children and I think our rewards will be great in Heaven as I also believe our children are experiencing such beauty and peace that they never knew on earth and many rewards for all their suffering. God chose Mary to be the Mother of Jesus because He knew that she was strong and special we also, as Angel Moms must be regarded in very high esteem by God to be given such a task. We were chosen for this for some very important purpose. It is not something I would have ever willingly agreed to but I am beginning to contemplate more and more the meaning for all of us. Perhaps, this will sound strange to a lot of Angel Moms but it is really something to thing about from a different perspective I just know that our loving Father is faithful to us in all thigns. ♥Grace, peace, love, and healing for all~Samantha Hart Tripp (Brent Michael Tripp's Mom)