In two weeks I am having my Hysterectomy...such a hard decision to make, especially after watching Oprah's episode about the Coble Family! I can't imagine losing one of my children, much less all three of them. I was in tears watching the parents mourn there children, but in the end they were able to have more children, triplets, two girls and one boy. I often think "What if something happens to one of my kids?" GOD FORBID!!!! I would'nt want to replace them, but how can I have more kids and have my family back like the Coble Family did if I don't have any "female parts". My uterus will be gone, my ovaries will be gone, etc.... I mean I know I have had a tu
bal, but I could always do IVF now if needed. Look at these precious faces... I just can't imagine! So as I sit here and type this out I am still trying to cope with losing my ability to have children and still deal with the heartache I feel for this family...
Hearing their parents talk about going home and expecting to hear their laughter, tears, fighting, and playing with their toys, it was all gone!
I can't imagine! I pray everyday for God to watch over Ashleigh, Katelyn, and David and that he keeps them safe and out of harms way!
If you haven't watch this episode of Oprah, WATCH IT! It really makes you think and HUG your kids a little more and a little longer!
Such precious angels!
Here is a little bit of their story...Get the kleenex ready...
On the day after her son Kyle's 5th birthday, Lori Coble loaded up her minivan with her small children—Kyle, 4-year-old Emma and 2-year-old Katie—and her mom, Cindy. The family went to a mall that had a Ferris wheel, which Kyle was excited to ride, and a pet store. As nap time neared, the Cobles got back in the minivan and headed home. Lori hit a line of backed-up traffic as she tried to exit the highway. While stopped, she turned around and caught Katie starting to fall asleep and tickled her toes.Just then, a big rig loaded with 40,000 pounds of cargo going 55 miles per hour slammed into the back of Lori's minivan and demolished it. Lori was knocked unconscious, and the children were severely injured. The trauma was so bad, emergency medical officials had to split the family up. They sent Cindy and Lori to one hospital, Kyle and Katie to another, and Emma to a third.
Chris, Lori's husband and the father of the children, was at work when authorities notified him of the accident. He rushed to the hospital where Lori and Cindy had been taken. When he arrived, he was brought to a small room near the ER. "The doctor told me, 'I'm sorry, but Katie has expired.' A few more minutes went by, and they told me there was a call from the doctor from Saddleback Hospital. I got on the phone, and the first thing I said was, 'Please tell me Emma's alive.' And he said, 'I'm sorry, but Emma has expired,'" Chris says. "I just dropped the phone. I just couldn't believe that it was happening."Chris told Lori that the girls had both died, and then rushed to the hospital where Kyle had been admitted. Though Kyle's opened eyes gave Chris hope, doctors told him the truth. Kyle's brain had not been receiving any oxygen. They recommended taking Kyle off life support.Lori was transported to Kyle's 
hospital so she and Chris could say goodbye to Kyle together. "She's climbing out of the wheelchair the best she can to hug Kyle and saying: 'He's got to go be with his sisters now. His sisters are waiting for him,'" Chris says. "We stopped life support, and the machines went dark and the room went dark. I held my hand on his chest until his heart stopped beating. And he was gone." Here is a picture of Lori's destroyed mini van...
Three months after the accident, Chris and Lori decided to try to have more children. "We always described ourselves at that point as 'parents without children,'" Chris says. "I mean, when you have three children that young, your whole lives are dedicated to them and you love it." For medical reasons, the Cobles tried in vitro fertilization. On their first try, they started with 10 eggs. Three were successfully fertilized—two girls and a boy. "We were only going to put two back in, but once we found out that it was two girls and a boy, we took that as a sign from above," Lori says. Almost exactly a year after Kyle, Emma and Katie died, Lori gave birth to triplets—Ashley, Ellie and Jake! While Ashley, Ellie and Jake's birth is a miracle, Lori and Chris still grieve their lost children. "They'll never replace Kyle, Emma and Katie," Lori says. "But the joy is back in the house. It's back in our hearts. They fill our lives again with love and happiness and laughter." The triplets already know about their siblings because there are still pictures on the walls and Lori and Chris often talk about them. "They know that they have two sisters and a brother in heaven," Lori says. "And we go to the cemetery and we have picnics."
Mel
Our really good friends, the Carpenters, had something wonderful happen to them this weekend...they adopted the most precious little boy that you will ever meet! He has the biggest blue eyes and cutest smile...Isn't he the cutest? I think so! I got to love on him today and he is so sweet! 
After we had a delicious dinner, awards, and watching a dance team do various ballroom dances, we were told it was time for us to dance the night away. Well, they hired a band...a Van 
