From the very moment you see two pink lines, a positive, a BABY...your life is changed. Chris and I have more than loved the adventure of pregnancy, the intimacy of birth and the newborn babies filling our home. The infant stage, toddlers and kids....just can't get enough of those squishy babies! ;) and at the end of last month, it was finally happening! A new little blessing was going to join our family! For an all too brief couple weeks, we chatted and planned and dreamed of the future! It was a happy time that ended all too abruptly and way too soon!
The whole thing is new, the emotion is raw, and the reality is somewhat scary. I'm only in the beginning of the process and it has left me somewhat messy and stripped some of the innocence away from pregnancy. It makes it a little more questionable, a little more scary. I am so thankful for the brief time to celebrate the little life that would have been. Dreaming of our spring baby! It had really happened! We have a winter baby, Ada. We have a summer baby, Grayson. We have a fall baby, Grady. And this little one was our spring baby! It was so perfect! It was going to come as soon as we wrapped up our homeschool year, just even more perfect! But as we all know, things don't always go as planned. So in the days and weeks ahead, we pick up the pieces and carry on. It's a baby few will know about, we didn't even get to share the news with many, but no less a baby in our opinion. I'm blessed indeed to have had the ability to carry this tiny tiny one within me, if even for such a brief time. This spring won't bring us a baby, as we thought, but we are no less blessed. Thank you, God for this beautiful, brief, life that we were able to celebrate and dream about, and help us to heal completely and continue to love deeply without fear of the future. Thank you for your perfect plan, perfect grace, everlasting love, and for loving me continuously even when it's messy. <3
Love you, friend <3
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