Don’t Lose Hope In Growing Your Family
To my friends working to grow your family but it’s proving harder than you thought, I see you. You’re not alone. I’m praying your time will come like I prayed ours would too.
I remember feeling hopeless as we tried to get pregnant the second time. We had a short window to get our “timing right” before Ryan’s next deployment. We had 10 months or risk me delivering a baby without him.
I tried so hard to be in control during that season. We tracked, tested, tracked some more. I was so stressed. For months, nothing was happening.
I felt bitter toward Ryan convinced he was to blame. I needed to blame someone but I also knew that was wrong. That season of “trying” taught me to let go of my “ideal plan.”
Austin came to us at the perfect time.
Yes, it was the perfect time even though Ryan deployed 10 days after his birth. God knew I would be better off with a newborn and a 3 year old. He knew that age difference would help me even though I always wanted my kids 2 years apart. This was “ideal” for me on my own. I just didn’t realize it until now.
𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥?
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