Written by Ann Voskamp
Posted on 26 April 2024
Savannah Guthrie shares deeply personal stories in her new book, Mostly What God Does. It is an honest exploration of the love of God and a biblically rooted look at six essentials of faith; love, presence, grace, hope, gratitude, and purpose. Here, Savannah shares more on love, what parenthood has taught her and God’s ultimate real-life metaphor. Guest Post by Savannah Guthrie I will never forget laying eyes on Vale for the very first time. I can still see the doctor lifting up her little frame high in the air to give me the first glimpse. “It’s a girl!” he exclaimed. “She’s a chunker!” She was eight pounds, nine ounces of sheer miracle. I felt a combination of ecstasy and shock—how could it be that what was nothing nine months before had turned into such a profound something? I cradled her face to mine. Cheek to cheek, my girl and I. The tears tumbled out, a dam-like release from a place deep within, as though lying dormant until precisely this moment. I knew these strange and lovely tears were always, only, meant just for her. Two years later, weeks shy of my forty-fifth birthday, my little firecracker Charley wailed his […]
