My heart is bursting with joy right now. The only thing I can think to compare it to is Alma, when he said, “…yea, my soul was filled with joy as exceeding as was my pain! Yea, I say unto you, my son, that there could be nothing so exquisite and so bitter as were my pains. Yea, and again I say unto you, my son, that on the other hand, there can be nothing so exquisite and sweet as was my joy.” (Alma 36:20-21)

My heart and soul is full of love and longing and indescribable joy today.

We just received news that one of Amelia’s heart valves was shipped to a hospital in Georgia for transplantation.

My sweet Amelia Lynn is giving someone a second chance at life!! My day just got infinitely better and I can’t stop grinning from ear to ear. The tears are freely flowing down my face with gratitude and the calm reassurance that she is always closer than I think she is.

I’m finally crying tears of joy, and not pain. I can feel her warm arms around me, reassuring me she’s always been here all along.

This entire mortal experience I’ve had over the past year and a half has been brutal. It’s been relentless and more unforgiving than I ever imagined. But days like today, where my soul is brimming with joy at another baby’s second chance at experiencing this beautiful earth makes it all worth it.