What I’ve learned over the last couple of years is that there is always something to thank God for, in every circumstance… So I continue to count God’s many blessings and am encouraged to see that my children are increasingly doing the same! I guess the whole ‘better caught than taught’ thing is really true. It is a beautiful thing to behold.
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767. The excitement of scheduling our ultrasound – for the next day!
768. The flurry of planning to pull off a ‘revealing party’ the next evening.
769. Waking up at the crack of dawn full of anticipation at getting a peak at our little baby and discovering whether a new son or daughter would be greeting us in a few months.
770. Relishing each tiny part of the ultrasound. It never gets old.
771. Little boys begging to be let in on the secret early.
772. Revealing the knowledge that there is a little girl in our family.
773. The sense of wonder as I try to wrap my brain around that thought.
774. Sleep – precious, oblivious sleep.
775. The flexibility to put aside our learning plans for the day to grieve her death, but also delight in sweet memories of her 7.5 years with us!
776. Recognizing and respecting the various ways my boys understood and handled their grief. (A true gift, since many times I’m pretty clueless unless one comes out and tells me “I feel…”)
777. The comfort and support in the form of loving texts and phone calls from family.
778. The kindness of God in revealing that we have a girl just the day before we lost our ‘girl’ Duchess.
779. Eggs that finally hatched.
780. A chick that survived a difficult hatching (with my help) and not having to deal with more death right after losing Duchess…
782. My three year old son coming down from nap to inspect our newly emerged butterflies and excitedly declaring they were ‘tasting the orange with their feet’! I love seeing retention of stuff we had learned about weeks ago…
Sorry to hear of the loss of your dog. I’m glad the little chicks hatching and recent baby girl news helped to ease the sorrow left by Duchess’ absence, making the loss and grief easier to bear for everyone. “Through it all”, God is good. It is special too that you could go through the grief together at home, a real blessing for tender hearts.
I just saw the fun news – – congrats on a little girl!!! What a fun position in life for her to have 3 older brothers.
I also saw the sad news too – very sorry for your doggy loss. Losing a pet is so sad. )=