We are waiting again. The IVF process includes more waiting than anything else. On sunday they thawed three embryos and tomorrow we will hear how they are doing. It's weird but I am worrying about my 'too small to see with the naked eye' babies. They will thaw a few more embryos starting tomorrow (the number depends on how the three from yesterday are doing) and we hope to implant on thursday. After that we have a 2 week wait to see if it worked. It's late on monday night and I am feeling tired, a little nervous and anxious but mostly optimistic at the same time. So things are going ok. I have been lucky enough to get to spend some time with friends, some with family and some time shopping on my own. Only 3 more days!! Thanks to those of you who have included us in your prayers!
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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