"I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." - Jesus of Nazareth
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Amazing Grace
After all these months of holding my breathe...of waiting for the next blow to the gut...this little shrimp has slapped me into reality. "Here I am and here I come!" Today surpasses the length of my first pregnancy. Today I will no longer be afraid. God doesn't tease us. He doesn't build us up to tear us down. This is my baby and I am so blessed to be his or her home for the next 30 weeks.
There are women online who BITCH about barfing (PTL I have not been doing that!), about gaining 5 lbs and what "so and so" thinks about them getting pregnant, Blah blah blah. Shame on you. Never will you hear a complaint uttered from these lips. Never will I be short of grateful and humbled by this experience. I was so naive last year when we started trying. I was so stupid. Why me? Why is it taking so long? Why can she sneeze and get pregnant? Why why why?! If I had shut up and listened...I am better because of all of this. I am who I was meant to be.
"I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." - Jesus of Nazareth
"I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." - Jesus of Nazareth
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yay! so happy for you :)
ReplyDeleteSo true. I pray that *when* (yes, when, not *if*) i become pregnant again, and carry her/him/them to term, I will remember the heartbreak of the miscarriages, the failed treatments, the inability to get pregnant, and I will be grateful for every twinge of morning sickness, every backache, every pound gained, every time i cannot wear my wedding ring because of the fluid retention.....pregnancy and birth are a miraculous occurance, and i wish that more women would just stop complaining and be happy! congratulations to you!
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