Some friends of ours (B&B) from church gave us a cradle. They dropped it off last night. It's our first item of baby paraphernalia. It's interesting that we should get it from them. They went through thirteen years of frustration before they finally decided to adopt two children. Thirteen years!. B&B have been good examples for us as we were dealing with our fertility woes. They also loaned us two books: one about coping with not having kids, and one about adoption.Then today I found this blog about infertility, while I was looking up something else. The blog belongs to a pair of writers who are now authoring a book, to help educate the rest of society about "the feelings and needs of those experiencing infertility." Sounds like a worthy project.
All of this reminded me of the feelings that we had just a few months ago, when it was uncertain if we would ever be able to have kids. While we are relieved to know that it's possible, and now we have a bit of a reprieve, at times like this I can't help but wonder if we'll be able to have any more kids. Ideally, we would like several kids who are close enough in age to be friends and have fun together.
Well, for now, we'll just forget about our fertility problems and enjoy the excitment.
2 comments:
We finally made it through all your blogs that we missed while on our cruise. We love reading them, so keep them coming, but we can certainly understand R's wanting some help around the house!! Once Grandpa had a fish tank for the first time and had a blast with it. Even KNEW when the guppies would be born, separated the mom, kept his eye on it almost constantly till I thought I'd have to jump into the fish tank to get some attention. But we are all so very happy for you two!! My one sis was married for eight years, no children, finally adopted one, six months another, then had their own...rest is a long story. Another sister married for ever and never had any but adopted three...again a long story. So, we know you are thankful!!! We love you!
I have also just gotten caught up on the blogs--they are wonderful ! ( My internet connection has been sick for awhile and then we were gone all last week.)
The cradle is great--what a lovely gift from your friends.
Loved reading about your trip to NYC. I really want to head over there one of these months.
I will go check out my Vedalia onions for size. Are we headed into various squash in the next few months ?
Keep up the great writing !
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