Rick, Amanda, and Caleb Redding

My heart is broken for one of my former Savannah Christian students. After five years of praying for a baby and attempting fertility, Amanda Troughton Redding was pregnant with twins. She had to take off work to be on bedrest and did everything she could for her babies. I was devastated when Amanda shared the babies were born prematurely this week and both passed away. I cannot begin to fathom what Amanda, her husband Rick, and young son Caleb are going through right now. Perhaps if we can help alleviate some of the financial burden from the hospital bills and funeral expenses, it would be a blessing to this precious family. You can see more information in Amanda's post below. Please help in any way you can. Thank you! Jackie Wetmore

Post from Amanda Troughton Redding on Wednesday, August 12th:  It is with very heavy broken hearts that we announce our little twins, Ashlynn Jeannette Redding and Richard Landon Redding, were born at Memorial early in the morning August 12th . They were 17 weeks and 1 day old. There was nothing the doctors could do for me once I got to the hospital via ambulance as I was already fully dilated and in full labor. Since the twins were so young, they passed away immediately. For 5 years my husband and I prayed for these babies and we endured an emotional roller coaster by trying and attempting fertility treatments. This seems to be the final plunge on this roller coaster ride to hell we have been on. We will not be trying anymore as we are so broken. We have been to Fox and Weeks and there will be a private ceremony for family and friends in the upcoming weeks when we can somewhat function again. I'm giving all these details because we are not in the state of mind to field questions. I hope everyone understands and knows that we appreciate all the thoughts and prayers but we will most likely not respond right now. We were able to say our hellos, hold our babies for the first and last times, and say our final goodbyes. Hardest thing we have ever experienced! I can promise you that our babies were absolutely perfect. Please pray for us today as we face the second hardest part to this journey...telling the proud big brother that his brother and sister are now his guardian angels. We feel like we are in a horrible nightmare and cannot wake up. I guess the worst part is that as I was being wheeled out of the hospital this morning all the other moms were leaving with their sweet bundles of joy and I left with a memory box, some pics, and funeral arrangements to have my angels cremated.