After a tragic car accident took the lives of their two sons in 2015, a North Carolina couple is giving new meaning to the term ‘Rainbow babies’ with the birth of twins. Their journey of faith and forgiveness is TRULY inspiring.
In 2015, Pastor Gentry Eddings and his wife, Hadley, were involved in a terrible car accident in which a distracted truck driver rear-ended the family’s car.
Their 2-year-old son, Dobbs, was killed in the crash.
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Hadley was eight months pregnant with their second son, Reed, and was rushed into an emergency C-section following the accident. Though Reed was delivered at a healthy 38-weeks, he passed away two days later.
Following the tragedy, the couple made national headlines for publicly forgiving the distracted truck driver—Matthew Dean.
“We hope to be holding hands with you in heaven with our children,” the couple said in response to the driver’s apology in court.
He was sentenced to one to three years in prison for involuntary manslaughter, and released after serving 15 months.
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In January 2017, the couple announced Hadley’s pregnancy on Facebook and thanked the droves of people who have supported them, lifted them up in prayer and cared for them throughout this journey.