Angie Smith, wife of one of the members in the music group Selah, recounts the couple’s darkest days and the faith that pulled them through in I Will Carry You: The Sacred Dance of Grief and Joy. In 2008, Smith and husband Todd discovered that their expected fourth daughter had health conditions making her “incompatible with life,” their doctor said.
Advised to terminate, the Smiths determined to carry their daughter Audrey to term and eventually held the newborn for her brief two hours of earthly life. The biblical story of Lazarus is also recounted as Smith relates to the grief of Mary and Martha. She offers tips for those watching their loved ones grieve and shows how to help children cope with loss as well.
I Will Carry You is heart-wrenching read, especially for parents, but it’s an important resource for those walking through their own valley of the shadow of death. As Smith quotes in the book, “Joy is not the absence of trouble, but the presence of Christ.”
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