Debra Basham

Living and Loving

Tag: twins

  • Two Heartbeats

    Expecting twin boys then the sad news one of the boys was likely not viable.

    The babies’ shower was already planned. Do they cancel? Accept gifts for only one? They decided to go ahead with the shower and when the food was blessed by her aunt, the prayer was spoken with total truth and trust:

    “At this moment there are two heartbeats and we rejoice at this time and the gift of these two lives,” her aunt prayed.

    Both sons were born very early.  At Halloween when the bigger one weighed 4 pounds and the smaller one just 1 1/2 pounds, the neonatal nursery staff at the hospital dressed the boys up as a chicken tender and a chicken nugget.

    Still praying, “At this moment there are two heartbeats and we rejoice at this time and the gift of these two lives….”

    When my bones were being formed, carefully put together in my mother’s womb, when I was growing there in secret, you knew that I was there— you saw me before I was born. The days allotted to me had all been recorded in your book, before any of them ever began. ~ Psalm 139:15-16

  • Happy Birthday!

    Sacred Stories

    It was the one-year birthday of her twins. Her daughter had lived only three-days.

    She was trying to post a “happy birthday” message for her son on Facebook.

    NONE of his posts were going through, until after she posted a photo of her daughter.

    Her comment, “This little girl is making sure her birthday is celebrated!”

    These are sacred stories. What does this all mean to you? Do you have as story to share? Send email to debra@scs-matters.com.