how to deal....

Recently, my friend from high school and her husband--who for our own little reason I call them mom and dad--well they found out that they were going to have a bundle of joy coming soon (refer to an earlier blog post of mine for more details). Unfortunately, it didn't last. Only after eighteen weeks from being conceived, the baby died in the womb. Doctors don't know why the baby died but when it comes to things like this, who really knows besides God. I can't even begin to imagine what it must feel like for her, I can only support her as best as I can. But I believe that things happen for a reason and that the only reason why it was not her time to have joy in having a child just yet is that god is looking out for her because he knows that there is hardships ahead that will make it harder for her and her husband to deal with a child. Or who knows what else it is. When the time comes for her to have a child, that child will be blessed with more love in the world than he/she will know what to do with and also that, that child will be even more precious to them. It may seem heartless for me to say but it is kind of lucky that the baby died so early on because although the bond and attatchment is there and strong, it's not as strong as if it died later on, like 6 month or 7 months, something like that. Plus they haven't gotten any baby stuff which makes for a blessing in a way for them because I know it would be hard after losing a child to have all this baby stuff set-up then to have to look at it everyday. That would be absolute torture.