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What We Can All Learn From Granger Smith’s Tragedy

Sarah Weaver June 25th, 2019

As Granger Smith and his wife, Amber, reel from their recent tragedy losing their three-year-old son River, they are learning how to get back to daily life without him. Amber opened up about the process and there is one lesson we can all take away.

“Dumb little things don’t matter anymore.” This lesson is hitting home for me in a big way right now. We don’t need to wait until a loss, a tragedy, or a death to get the message that we should all live every day as if it were our last and to never take a moment with those we love for granted. Appreciate every thing you have. Express gratitude for every thing that you have. And let those important to you know that you love them. Because tomorrow is never promised.

Amber recently posted about her feelings with grief. I would love for you to take a moment and read them because we all experience this in one way or another. Remember to include the Smith family in your prayers.

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Where do I even begin? This has been the most horrific, life-altering, soul-defining 2 weeks of our lives. We went from such a happy, fun-loving, exploring, dancing, party of 5, to hitting our knees, praying, asking why God, how God, and to losing our youngest son in a matter of minutes. It all happened so fast. We spent the next 2 days in the hospital praying that our little Riv would be healed. We had hundreds of prayer warriors behind us, but God had other plans for our angel, bigger plans. If you believe in our God like we do, we know now that Riv was sent to this Earth so we could experience his joy, laughter and love for 3 years. And then Jesus came and took his hand before he went under and took him home. God didn’t bring our little boy back to us, but God and Riv performed at least 2 other miracles that day for other mamas and daddies praying that someone would help save their child. Grief is such a strange thing. One minute you feel like you have the strength of a lion and you can handle what God has given you, the next you’re sitting by your son’s crib, holding his blanket and crying so hard that no tears or sound comes out, or punching your steering wheel crying and screaming at God, or smiling and laughing at the memories you have of such a special person. Sadness, anger, shock, questioning, fear, hope, the joy of remembering, emptiness, worry, heartbreak, trust in our faith - we feel all of this and more. But we also feel all of the prayers and love from every one of you who have reached out to us during this time. Our family, friends, fans and even strangers have brought us so much comfort and we cannot thank you enough. We’ve made a video updating you guys on how we are and wanted to share it with you, along with a video of River we shared at his service. Hold tight to your loved ones, as cliché as that sounds. You truly never know what life is going to throw at you. Love them fiercely, experience this beautiful life together and vow to live like Riv ♥️ Romans 8:28 ✝️ *Link in bio to watch our video

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