The Dillard Family

🧺 laundry, new microwave, Fall walks & God’s grace.
Btw, I posted some of my favorite Bibles options with direct links to my stories & my LTK shop highlights bubble ⬆️

🧺“But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” (2 Corinthians‬ ‭12‬:‭9‬ ‭ESV‬‬)

☀️Fall baking with friends, good free finds, football, & family time.

What a night at the annual @wrapprojectinc Ruby gala! ❤️Great people doing great work! #wrapproject

@wrapprojectinc is a nonprofit organization that connects communities with recovery services, treatment, MAT, GED testing, Youth Services, PRSS’s, Life Skills, DV Resources, and Mental Health help
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👼🏼Today we remember River Bliss Dillard (10/3/21)…our true “middle child.”

💙Our family includes more than our 3 little boys running along with us.

💙💙💜💙🩷I’ve talked a lot about our baby girl (Isla Marie) who we lost in the second trimester last year (likely due to subchorionic hemorrhage since all other tests came back fine)…but we had another loss, our third pregnancy. And it’s hard to believe it’s already been 4 years ago now.

🥀On that Fall day, October 3rd, 2021, we had only known I was pregnant for about a week & a half, but we were already so elated! Joy turned to heartbreak for us as I started spotting and subsequently found out we lost our baby. We didn’t know the gender yet, but we soon settled on a name that seemed perfect for our heavenly baby…River Bliss Dillard.

River “Tranquil”
Bliss “Perfect Happiness”

The verses from the Bible that spoke to me as we grieved our loss and thought of our baby and the hope we have of someday meeting in heaven were Revelation 22:1-5:

“Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb…No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭22‬:‭1‬, ‭3‬-‭5‬ ‭ESV‬‬

October is #pregnancylossawarenessmonth
Did you know that 1 in 4 pregnancies end in loss?

💔So many families suffer in silence and are pressured to fit the mold that their baby’s life only holds value based on the number of days that they carried their baby inside or outside of the womb.
Let’s change that. Every loss hurts. Yes, every loss is different in its own way. And everyone processes grief differently and will be affected differently. That’s ok. Let’s support each other and families experiencing this tragedy as they the process their loss and remember their heavenly babies that they never got to raise.

#1in4pregnanciesendinloss
#riverblissdillard #islamariedillard

🌸“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.” (‭‭James‬ ‭1‬:‭17‬ ‭ESV‬‬)

🪴My garden lesson this year: it doesn’t have to be perfect to be beautiful. 🌻

#dillardfamilyadventures #garden #familytime #cucamelons