Former South Carolina QB Dylan Thompson shares heartbreaking story of his wife’s miscarriage

When trying to start a family, it doesn’t matter if you do everything right — sometimes, things just don’t work out.

That’s what happened to former South Carolina QB Dylan Thompson and his wife, Mel, back in December, when they lost a baby to miscarriage.

The ex-Gamecock shared his highly personal and emotional story on his Instagram page on Wednesday evening, offering his love and support to his wife through this painful process:

As God has worked in our lives and marriage…Mel & I want to be real about things that take place. Obviously, private matters are at times meant to stay private. But this was an experience that we felt lead to share with folks… On December 19 at a doctor visit, we found out our baby had no heartbeat and had passed. It was a very tough, hard, and sad time for us, as you would expect. Lots of tears. Lots of hurt. But through the toughest time of our marriage to date, God remains so good and so real. He promises in his Word that he will never forsake us. That has remained true. It always will. He never promised it would be easy. It hasn’t been. But He is still good. He has met our needs. He has and is continuing to heal us. It’s been amazing to experience his comfort. And as far as a wife, Mel you have been absolutely amazing. You’re a warrior. You’re my girl. My rock here on earth. Your strength in Jesus has pushed me so much. I’ve never loved you more. ❤️ I don’t share this for a “sorry for your loss” text, or really any sympathy, but to simply share that life is real and very hard at times. And that through those times, God is still faithful, sovereign, and so good! Whatever you’re facing today doesn’t come as a surprise to the The Creator. He knows. He cares. And He can be trusted with whatever hurt or burden you’re carrying. 💛

A post shared by Dylan Thompson (@dylan2thompson) on Jan 24, 2018 at 3:03pm PST

“As God has worked in our lives and marriage…Mel & I want to be real about things that take place. Obviously, private matters are at times meant to stay private. But this was an experience that we felt lead to share with folks… On December 19 at a doctor visit, we found out our baby had no heartbeat and had passed. It was a very tough, hard, and sad time for us, as you would expect. Lots of tears. Lots of hurt.
But through the toughest time of our marriage to date, God remains so good and so real. He promises in his Word that he will never forsake us. That has remained true. It always will.

“He never promised it would be easy. It hasn’t been. But He is still good. He has met our needs. He has and is continuing to heal us. It’s been amazing to experience his comfort. And as far as a wife, Mel you have been absolutely amazing. You’re a warrior. You’re my girl. My rock here on earth. Your strength in Jesus has pushed me so much. I’ve never loved you more. ❤️ I don’t share this for a “sorry for your loss” text, or really any sympathy, but to simply share that life is real and very hard at times. And that through those times, God is still faithful, sovereign, and so good! Whatever you’re facing today doesn’t come as a surprise to the The Creator. He knows. He cares. And He can be trusted with whatever hurt or burden you’re carrying. 💛”

If the Thompson family decides to try again, here’s hoping things go better for them.

Adam Spencer

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