169 ~ The Night Before

By Kay Heitsch

At 12:04 AM, Todd would be 54 years old had he lived. I couldn't help thinking about this today. If Todd had been born 5 minutes sooner, he would have been born on my Grandma's birthday.

I remember going to the hospital in labor. We lived in Ohio at the time. I was 21 years old. I was supposed to have a semi-private room, but they were all taken. I was put in a ward with a few other mothers.

One mother there told me she had no idea she was pregnant until she came to the hospital. I had never heard of this happening to anyone before, but I have since.

This mother was single, so she had decided to give her baby up for adoption. She asked me to go down and see if I could catch a glimpse of her baby. I saw a baby in a room separate from the other babies. I figured that might be her baby, but I wasn't sure.

I watched people come in and talk to this mother. I'm sure this must have been a difficult decision to make.

We never know what will happen in life from one day to the next.

We were blessed to have Todd in our lives. I'm sure whoever adopted this mother's baby was overjoyed to have a baby of their own.

Remember how I led you on this long journey. Deuteronomy 8:2