Eleven Days of Gratitude: Day Eight

8. I am grateful for HOPE. I have a friend who is expecting a baby. They have faced some pretty bad stuff with other pregnancies. I was praying for her and the word that kept popping into my head was "HOPE". I pray HOPE for her, that with this baby, a new beginning would occur.
I thought about our lives and the horrible ordeal we endured this last year. (Monday will be one year ago that we got the devastating news that Rachel would not live.) Yet, in it all, we were given HOPE and we held on to that hope. We still hold onto that HOPE for Rachel and the rest of our children. So today, I am grateful for HOPE.