Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Several times throughout my pregnancy with Landon people would refer to him as our "rainbow baby".  To be honest I didn't really know what they were talking about.  I just smiled and nodded and moved on.  I did some research on what a rainbow baby was and found out that a rainbow baby was when a family who lost a child goes on to have another child.  Cute?  Sure.  I suppose Landon is our rainbow baby.  It didn' really have too much of an impct on me and I sort of just forgot about it.  Earlier this week I came across this explanation...

"Rainbow Babies" is the understanding that the beauty of a rainbow does not negate the ravages of the storm. When a rainbow appears, it doesn't mean the storm never happened or that the family is not still dealing with its aftermath. What it means is that something beautiful and full of light has appeared in the midst of the darkness and clouds. Storm clouds may still hover but the rainbow provides a counterbalance of color, energy and hope.

Wow!  Now this struck a chord with me!  How very true this is!  Last January Pat and I went through the biggest storm of our lives.  It was more than a storm, it was pure torture.  We hit rock bottom, but yet just a year later we have found ourselves on the other side of the rainbow.  We have found our own beauty from this storm.  Will we ever forget that storm?  NEVER!  It is permanently a part of us!  And now we have the most gorgeous reminder of that storm, but yet even bigger than that a reminder of HOPE.  Landon is our hope for the future, our hope for happiness, our hope in all that is good.  Landon is our rainbow baby and thank you sweet Jesus for sending him our way.  God knew how badly we needed this sweet little boy to heal our broken hearts and he allowed our storm to turn beautiful.  I love this side of the rainbow and I love this little boy and his big sister!