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The
last year or so I’ve been mostly absent here.
I’ve alluded to some
things happening in our lives. I’ve put statuses on social media that
have probably tipped a lot of you off to what has been going on. But
I’ve never come out and just said it.
But
now, with the permission of my husband, I’m going to lay my heart
(really our hearts… which is why I asked first) out here in cyber-land.
When
we got married we knew we wanted to have children. We’d talked about
it in the way that most engaged couples do – when we’re ready, we will
start a family.
The thing that so few people mention in that lead up is that some people don’t get to choose their “ready.”
We are one of the millions of couples (1 in 8) that want to have children but, so far, cannot.
I
will not go into the nitty-gritty details of what our issues are. I
know a lot of people blog their specific issues. But for me, just for
me… in OUR case that will not be happening.
This is such a personal deal. But it’s
also so isolating. And that isolation is why I felt the need to blog it
in the first place.
What you can
know, if you’ve read it online somewhere or your grandmother’s cousin
tried it (and it worked for them), we’ve also read it, heard it, and
probably tried it. I’m not asking for anyone to tell me about their
herbal supplement, their doctor, or their “sure thing.” Everyone is
different. People have amazing success stories under impossible
circumstances.
What we can do, we
have done/are doing. We’ve been to/are going to experts for our
situation. We’ve prayed.
We’ve had others pray.
We’ve begged God.
And here we sit.
I
believe that God has a plan for our family.
I believe that we will have
children – the how is a completely shrouded thing to me – but I believe
it.
What you can do?
Pray: If you think about us at all, pray - right then and there. The last few months have been especially hard on us. But the prayers of many and the grace of God have kept us afloat.
Understand: I love your children. I am truly happy for you if you have/had/are going to/ just announced that you are expecting. But some days, I just cannot take it. So if I can't be at your baby shower/birthday party/whatever please don't take it personally. Some days are just tougher than others. Some days I will (thanks super-hormones) cry over nothing. And those days I will usually wall-off a bit. Let me. I will come back around.
Listen: If you're one of my 3D people and I'm around on one of those uber bad days, I may just need someone to 'sit with me in the suck.' Some days I may need a kick in the spiritual tail, but most days are NOT those days. I promise I don't hate God. I'm not really mad at Him. But I am processing. And the processing is messy. Pray me through it. Walk me through it. But you cannot talk me out of it. We're just not there.
If you've made it this far. Thanks. I love my people who still come here and read. I know blogs aren't the thing they once were. But I still read and therefore I will still write.
Stand with me friend.
We really do believe that the best is yet to come... it's just taking it's flipping time. :)
-Gina
