Meet Me By The Water
For those of you that have seen the movie, Bella, you may be familiar with this song selection. I have been itching to watch that movie lately, but haven't let myself just yet. It's a beautiful film about healing and restoration and the joy that the life of a child can bring. It makes me cry and yearn for a child of my own. The last scene of the movie I always think of how I will play with my child(ren) like that. This song has always for some reason, been a song that I associate with my long rooted desire to have a child, though not all the words really apply to that.
I wasn't really open about this back in March, but we lost a baby early in 2011. It was one of the most difficult things I have ever been through. A morning that was supposed to be filled with joy and laughter quickly turned into one of the most traumatic days of my life. Instead of telling me my baby was healthy, as everyone expects at their first appointment, I was told that it was ectopic and due to the size, it was a threat to my own life. If it grew much further, it would burst my fallopian tube and the situation would be much more drastic. I was immediately wheeled into the operating room and they removed my pride and joy from my life. We said goodbye to our Isaiah Matthew (hopefully he was a boy! :)) and started planning for the future.
By the end of May we were looking at options to change jobs, churches, cities... everything. Mid-June Jim was offered a job and accepted. He started the transition in mid-July. By the first week of August, we had all our affairs in order and I was with him starting my new adventure. This transition has been one of the best things for us.
We have been very blessed, and are very excited to announce that we are expecting our first child at the beginning of August. We had our first ultrasound and doctors appointment on December 20 and everything looked great! We are so very excited to get to our next appointment to see our little peanut again! Please join us in prayer as I am very anxious to get out of this very delicate first trimester stage.
I wasn't really open about this back in March, but we lost a baby early in 2011. It was one of the most difficult things I have ever been through. A morning that was supposed to be filled with joy and laughter quickly turned into one of the most traumatic days of my life. Instead of telling me my baby was healthy, as everyone expects at their first appointment, I was told that it was ectopic and due to the size, it was a threat to my own life. If it grew much further, it would burst my fallopian tube and the situation would be much more drastic. I was immediately wheeled into the operating room and they removed my pride and joy from my life. We said goodbye to our Isaiah Matthew (hopefully he was a boy! :)) and started planning for the future.
By the end of May we were looking at options to change jobs, churches, cities... everything. Mid-June Jim was offered a job and accepted. He started the transition in mid-July. By the first week of August, we had all our affairs in order and I was with him starting my new adventure. This transition has been one of the best things for us.
We have been very blessed, and are very excited to announce that we are expecting our first child at the beginning of August. We had our first ultrasound and doctors appointment on December 20 and everything looked great! We are so very excited to get to our next appointment to see our little peanut again! Please join us in prayer as I am very anxious to get out of this very delicate first trimester stage.
Some day Isaiah Matthew, whether a boy or a girl ;), will meet you by the water! AND you'll get to play with all of his younger brothers and sisters by that SAME water, my sweet friend! SO VERY HAPPY for you!
ReplyDeleteThe Sheehans are so happy for you. That just means your little peanut already has one wonderful guardian angel watching over.
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