My heart is full tonight… and heavy, too.

A young dad, not even in the country, got the call no one ever expects – the baby is coming early, and your wife is very, very sick. He jumped on a plane and landed right into chaos. No time to adjust. No experience with newborns. No family nearby. Just a tiny baby who doesn’t sleep at night… and a wife fighting for her health in the hospital. He’s been trying to juggle it all-learning how to be a dad, making daily hospital visits, bottle feeds at 2am, and carrying the weight of it all on his own shoulders. And friends, he was exhausted.

That’s when Safe Families got the call, and I stepped in. These days, my role as Chapter Director doesn’t often put me in the middle of stories like this. I’m usually behind the scenes-leading, planning, connecting.

But this time, I got to show up. Holding a fussy baby so Dad could breathe. Caring for baby so he could visit his wife that he loves. Listening to him share. Praying over this little family. Just being there. And in that moment, it all came rushing back—the reason we do what we do. Why community matters. Why God’s compassion through His people changes lives.

“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”

— Lamentations 3:22-23

God is still faithful. Still near. Still in the details.

We reflect that-one tired dad, one precious baby, one act of love at a time.