Meeting their little sister, for the first time…
Posted by Geraldine
The following day was Sunday. I hadn’t seen Jed or Kezia since Friday morning, and I was missing them so much, as up until this point, I had rarely been apart from them.
So, as you can imagine, Glenn and I were delighted when they arrived to visit, with their Auntie and Uncle. Even though it was very difficult to be away from them, we did feel very blessed, knowing that they were being loved and cared for so well, in our absence.
They of course were excited and pleased to see us, and we soon told them about their new wee sister. We felt we had to be careful what we said to them, because we had to be honest, and yet not worry them either. We told them that it was God’s plan that wee Keren was born with an unusual condition, that meant she had to get her food through a wee tube, and she had to be in a special glass bed, to keep her warm. We didn’t say that she was sick, because we didn’t want them to associate being sick with being in hospital, necessarily, and we didn’t want them thinking that everyone that gets sick, is going to die.
Glenn took Jed and Kezia to SCBU to see little Keren,while I was being relocated to a private room. Glenn says he just acted as he would have if Keren hadn’t been in the incubator. One of the nurses kindly took some photographs, and we didn’t know if those few photos would be the only ones we would have of our three children together.
We didn’t know if Jed and Kezia would ever be able to hold their wee sister, but we were so thankful that they had got to meet her.
That day, Keren was also visited by two more Aunts, her Granny Paddy, and two close friends. These friends were able to offer their help too, as they own a daycare/nursery business…Sandcastles. This is where Jed and Kezia were looked after in the daytime, in the weeks to come, and we are forever grateful for this.
God really did supply all our needs at this time…everything was taken care of.
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the picture is beautiful!! cant get over how kezia and jed both have changed so much!!! passed the website address onto Rodney, he was asking me for it as i was showing him the pictures of wee Keren!!
Haven’t they just Joanna! Kezia’s hair especially looks so different!
just seen this for first time! such intensity and interest in their little faces. lovely photo.
Yes Ruth, It is a lovely one…they were so engrossed in wee Keren, they hardly took their eyes off her!
Hi Guys, One word came to mind when I first seen this photo; I think it sums it up nicely… ‘Precious’
Hi Stephen, that does sum it up perfectly!
“Precious”…just like the memories.