I have been trying to get into my blog to update, all day. I just finally got in and now I'm too tired to write for very long. I will definitely come back and elaborate more but in case you haven't already heard - we did two home pregnancy tests (I got anxious because I was feeling nauseous so we did those early) and then went for a test at the lab. All three came out POSITIVE!!! Y A Y. I had kind of felt different this time than I did the past two times that didn't work out so I was hopeful but still scared that I was setting myself up for disappointment. Fortunately my gut feeling was the right one! I cannot begin to put into words how happy and relieved and excited that I am. We are heading down the road of another wonderful experience. Thank you all for your prayers and well wishes - they give us so much strength. I hope that you will still pray for us and our new baby (ies) during this pregnancy. Ok - good night - we'll write more later.
Stay in your lane. Don't look at other people's papers. Those couple of lines jumped out at me as I read Maria Goff's book " Love Lives Here" It reminded me that we can't all live the same life. Comparisons hold us back and discourage us like nothing else. We have fears of being different when we are SUPPOSED to be different. I grew up trying to fit in and not doing a very good job at it. When I was in my teens I thought I'd try a new approach so I started trying to be the opposite of what I was because I thought that is what everyone else wanted me to be. I am chatty and energetic and I tried to be dainty and quiet. I didn't do a very good job of that either. Yikes. Trying to be someone we're not is exhausting and it doesn't work. We seldom fool anyone or achieve the goal we thought we wanted. What we all really want I think, is to connect with one another and to matter. As an adult I have had goals and held them up against other p...
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