Good Intentions

I had the best intentions to write this post about three weeks ago, but other things have continued to come up.  Three weeks ago today, I finished my last day at my job.  Before I was done I had one last phone call to make to a woman in the program that I managed.  I had tried to get a hold of this woman once before earlier in the week and it seemed that we were playing some phone tag.  When I called her back, I almost expected that I'd have to leave another message and that she'd have to talk to someone else at my company if she called back the next day.  To my surprise, she answered.  I clarified a few things that had been miscommunicated to her by another person in the program and she was very vague when she explained that she had some things come up in life that had prevented her from giving her all to the program.  She didn't say what her life situation was but she added that because of a series of events she had been having a hard time and was actually very thankful for her internship with the program that helped her to keep her mind occupied.  I was able to share that I understood that things in life come up and that we understand that as a company as well.  I felt like I should share with her my experience of my boss and my company being so understanding of me after Grant died.  I didn't go into much detail, but I explained that I had lost my baby at 20 weeks pregnancy and that I was so thankful for my company being so understanding that things in life come up and that I was also so thankful for something to occupy my mind during that time.  She was very sincere when she thanked me for sharing.  She then opened up that the thing that had happened to her was that she had also lost a baby.  She seemed encouraged to know that I had been through a similar situation and that I now have a baby boy in my home.  It was a very cool conversation and I really feel like God blessed me with that conversation as my last phone conversation.  I love connecting with people and that program was one of my favorite parts of my job because of the opportunities that I had to make connections with the people in the program.  Each time I'm able to share even a snippet of my story, I feel like it is another way that I'm able to see how Grant's little life is still touching people.