At the age of 39, I was fairly certain that child rearing was out of the picture for several reasons. Some reasons to include punishment for choices made in the past, others to predicitons from the medical profession stating as much and then the age and lack of husband factor.
Yet here is proof that life exists and that God truly has a sense of humor. We are a family 13 months after meeting each other. My little alien (which is what she looks like in the cool new ultrasound pictures)at 20 weeks was moving like crazy and hard to photograph! Then at 41 weeks, she arrives.....forced into the world from her comfy little nest! Picture perfect (to us of course) and ready to meet her fan club.
In her first 25 hours, she is lifting her little head, looking directly at her Mom and Dad and the nurses and holding her pacifier. We are amazed at this little human in front of us with her frowns, smiles, waves, fists and her instinct to eat as if on cue!
We are blessed by God to have been given this gift of life to protect, groom, train and send out into the world. I gaze at this little face and wonder what she will become. Who she will be.
