The Importance of Listening
- April 08, 2016
- by
- Vicky Whyte
Today when walking down the corridor at work, I bumped into the specialist in paediatric palliative care who was enormously helpful to us in organising Leah’s end of life care.
Straight away I felt the pangs of heartache, as my heart was transported back to the 14th January 2014 in Belfast City Hospital when the doctors caring for Leah had told us that we had “no options” for her end of life care, because she was on a ventilator she would have to remain in ICU until she died. When a work colleague heard about my plight...
Our faith keeps us from being swallowed by despair
- March 25, 2016
- by
- Vicky Whyte
Shortly after Leah was diagnosed, our local community started fund-raising for us. We had been advised by our haematologist that the house that we...
A Sword Will Pierce Your Soul
- March 11, 2016
- by
- Vicky Whyte
“Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: “This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel,...
You are the Peace in my Troubled Sea
- February 26, 2016
- by
- Vicky Whyte
Coming home without Leah was one of the saddest, loneliest experiences of my entire life. I had spent the previous two and a half...
A Beautiful Life
- February 12, 2016
- by
- Vicky Whyte
On Wednesday morning the 15th January 2014 one of our favourite doctors was on duty. He told us that Leah’s condition was deteriorating rapidly...
God is in Every Tomorrow
- January 29, 2016
- by
- Vicky Whyte
“There’s been a slight improvement in her chest X-Ray.” Leah had been in ICU for two weeks and this was the first time that...
Trying Compassion in a Less-than-Compassionate Culture
- October 02, 2015
- by
- Josh Godwin
Compassion is that secondary emotion that Paul left off of his famous list in 1 Corinthians 13. He goes through all these other examples...
When Young People Die
- September 02, 2015
- by
- Holly Paulette
Guest Post: Holly Paulette (@hchap220)
I remember running on a treadmill at the gym last year. I was hitting my groove a few miles in with...