As we welcomed ten little toes into our family almost three weeks ago…we have been in love. Yet no one ever told us what this love was or felt like.
As the mister (aka hubby) and I were sitting around talking the other night…we came to the conclusion that no one ever told us ..no one ever warned us…
yet…no one could…
You have to have been in our shoes…and many of you have…so many of you can relate…many of you will relate.
Our conclusion is this…
It’s an emotional journey…
yes…
An emotional journey…
full of love- yet what does that love encompass….
it’s…
full of sacrifice
full of joy
full of “my cup runneth over” type of feeling in your heart…
ok lets get a little more raw here…
full of frustration at times
full of laughter
full of tears (at times)
full of weariness
full of trying to figure out this little person
full of every type of emotion you can imagine from one minute to the next…
As we look back over the three weeks of welcoming our sweet Elle into the world…
There are the moments you want the world to stop and you savor every breath with this little human being. You kiss those chubby cheeks, you look down as she’s sleeping and are amazed at God’s miracle. The moments you count her toes and her fingers, over and over again in awe at how tiny she is…yet your mind races to how will she be at three years old or thirteen years old…then you tell your brain to stop…slow down…enjoy these moments…and you don’t want to speed up this sweet snuggling baby stage…you just want to eat her up!
There are the moments you find yourself, as a mother, not knowing what to do. Yes you heard me right…when you’ve tried everything to comfort your child and nothing is working…you find yourself with tears rolling down your cheeks and crying together…yet you try and try and try…and finally the fussy’s are over.
There are the moments of frustration…the moments of worn out from lack of sleep or rather interrupted sleep! There are the moments of laughing at all of her cute faces…and you find yourself oohing and ahhing…it’s an emotional roller coaster.
no one ever told us
no one ever warned us
yet…
no one could
and I wouldn’t trade this journey for one thing!
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Sharon Killingsworth says
I remember a friend telling me one time about how real God’s love became to her once she held her baby. This tiny human that she would give HER life for. This one and only and first born child. Then it hit her… What an enormous sacrifice our God made. We would do anything to protect our children and never put them purposefully in harms way for the benefit of another, we would take the hurt and shame and torture on ourselves before allowing it on our children. And if you had to witness your child suffering unto death… It would cause YOU a deep heart break and hurt and pain that would feel and be indescribable. And yet God sent his son, and allowed him to be our sacrifice. He loved us more. And gave up all for us. He sacrificed all for us. He loves us that intensely…. I remember how real those words became to me as well when I held my firstborn. Cherish that baby and every moment you’re given… They may feel like an eternity now when you are tired and have those moments of frustration, but they are fleeting. Love you! 🙂