Gone, But Still A Part of Our Lives

My husband and I have been Blessed with one healthy son.  He is our only child because, sadly, we have suffered pregnancy loss in the past - we've had a miscarriage and, later, a stillborn baby daughter.  We haven't, to date, been able to have any more children however

we know that we are very Blessed to have one child.

Because of our losses and the fact that we haven't been able to expand our family as we'd have liked I have had my sad times, and so has my husband however we've learned to be grateful with what we do have, i.e. a healthy, happy and delightful son, and not let what we don't have cloud our otherwise happy lives. 

It's been a journey, believe me, but we've survived and our aim is to continue to live fulfilled, productive and happy lives.  We are Christians, too, and it helps us knowing  that God wants us to still have a great life, despite what we've gone through. (Read my follow-on advice titled, "How did you cope? I Don't Think I could if that Happened to Me."  for more details about how my family and I coped with our loss, and how we're going, today.)