Delight is defined as something that gives great pleasure-How wonderful it is to know that we can find great pleasure in our God. For me, that pleasure is much needed. As I’ve mentioned before we are still walking along our conception journey. After yet another doctor’s appointment, it appears that I will again have a spring fling with surgery later in February. Considering that this will be the 3rd surgery I’ve had in three years (Adrenal Gland in 09, Gallbladder in 10), but the first related to our quest, I can’t say that it’s the highlight of the month, but if this will move us closer I’m willing to go through it.
I've wondered a lot of things in the past few months, but I still find myself remembering that He will give me the desires of my heart. In the past few months, weeks, and days even- I’ve shared in great joy with friends who have announced their pregnancy, made milestones in their pregnancy, or even given birth to sweet little angels. However, I know the joy that I have for them and the prayers that I shower them with is yet another step in becoming stronger in my own journey.
Who we are we can’t suppress and if, only for a short while, the maternal instinct within me would slow down I think this wouldn’t be all that bad; however, it’s there and I'm pushed forward. So, again we ask for your prayers as we continue along our journey of life in our Anderson Adventure.
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ReplyDeleteI Will Be A Wonderful Mother - Author Unknown
There are women who become mothers without effort,
without thought, without patience or loss,
and though they are good mothers and love their children,
I know that I will be better.
I will be better not because of genetics or money or because I have read more books,but because I have struggled and toiled for this child.
I have longed and waited.
I have cried and prayed.
I have endured and planned over and over again.
Like most things in life, the people who truly have appreciation are those who have struggled to attain their dreams.
I will notice everything about my child.
I will take time to watch my child sleep, explore, and discover.
I will marvel at this miracle every day for the rest of my life.
I will be happy when I wake in the middle of the night to the sound of my child, knowing that I can comfort, hold, and feed him and that I will not cry tears of another broken dream.
My dream will be crying for me.
I count myself lucky in this sense; that God has given me this insight, this special vision with which I will look upon my child.
Whether I parent a child I actually give birth to or a child that God leads me to, I will not be careless with my love.
I will be a better mother for all that I have endured.
I am a better wife, a better aunt, a better daughter, neighbor, friend, and sister because I have known pain.
I know disillusionment, as I have been betrayed by my own body. I have been tried by fire and hell that many never face, yet given time, I stood tall.
I have prevailed.
I have succeeded.
I have won.
So now, when others hurt around me, I do not run from their pain in order to save myself discomfort.
I see it, mourn it, and join them in theirs.
I listen.
And even though I cannot make it better, I can make it less lonely.
I have learned the immense power of another hand holding tight to mine, of other eyes that moisten as they learn to accept the harsh truth when life is beyond hard.
I have learned a compassion that only comes by walking in those shoes.
I have learned to appreciate life.
Yes, I will be a wonderful mother.
-Author Unknown