Friday, October 19, 2012

How We're Doing



All things considered, not too bad.  For the most part we live our lives with the joys and struggles of parenting a ten month old.  She’s crawling all over the place, so we’re trying to keep her out of the kitchen and bathroom and sweeping our floors like we never have before.  We do everything we can think of, and some things accidentally, to get her giggling like crazy.  Belly laughter is a daily occurrence.  Our backs hurt a bit from carrying her around and hunching over to help her walk and we’re trying to figure out what’s causing somewhat regular vomiting.  The girl has quite a gag reflex.

But of course, we have moments.  Moments when we think about what has happened and what is to come, and the tears come so quickly.  Thinking about the fact that she will be here one day, with all her glorious giggles, and gone forever the next day, fills my heart with more sadness than I want to bear.  So most of the time, I don’t think about it.  Please be praying that I stay engaged with my heart throughout this process.  In reality the depths of the pain and the heights of the joy are hand in hand during this season of life, and I just need to embrace that.

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