Today marks the third anniversary of the loss of our first baby. Many would have considered our child just tissue at that stage of pregnancy because I was only a few weeks along. But I know that from the moment of conception, a child is a living human being; and that my baby was, in fact, so much more than tissue. From the moment our precious was baby was conceived, we treasured the very thought of being her parents. We dreamed of what it was going to be like to raise a child in our home and fill it with love and laughter. And then, in the blink of an eye, she was gone. Our hearts were broken at the loss, but because she was so much more than tissue, we know that she is safe in the arms of Jesus, and we will spend eternity with her. We named our baby Zion Lee, meaning “a memorial to the Lord.”

Psalm 50:2 says, “Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined.” The perfection of beauty. That description is so apropos for someone that is living in the presence of the Savior. A perfect body, in the perfect place, in the presence of a perfect God. I discovered this verse several weeks after we lost our precious Zion, and I knew that God had put it there for me. It gave me hope that my precious child was now perfect and living a life in glory, and one day, we will join her in glory. I have a hope of meeting her one day because I know beyond a shadow of a doubt, that she was so much more than tissue.