Book Review: “Letters to Darcy”

Originally a series of blog posts, Tracy Ramos’ book is a journal of notes she wrote online to her baby, Darcy, who had a rare prenatal disease. Letters to Darcycontains the full transcript of these posts in chronological order, and that is all it contains. It is very much as if you are reading some one’s diary, and your heart goes the full range of emotions, from joy to extreme sorrow.

It is rare that I read a book in one sitting, but I did with this one. I couldn’t stop as I read the heart-wrentching words of Tracy, as she so desired to have Darcy, but knew that, upon her birth, she would not live more than a few days, at most. He open, honest entries are so human, because they cover the range of confusion one feels in a moment like this.

As I read, I kept thinking the book would end with Darcy’s death (or maybe her funeral), but there were some entries following that. These were some of the most helpful for me to read, because they reminded me that, when the funeral is over, the emotion is not.

If you need a brief book that will remind you of what it means to trust in God–even with some questions–through a very difficult time, you need to pick up a copy of this book, which contains less than 200 pages.

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I am reviewing this book for the Tyndale Blog Network.