…on Thanksgiving 2003, we found out we were pregnant!! A true miracle! After being told by multiple doctors that we were infertile and could not get pregnant, even with extensive measures – we were blessed with a surprise miracle!
Actually one doctor told us “you will never get pregnant without a whole lot of help”. We had all the help we needed from the Lord!
I woke up that morning, and took the pregnancy test as I always did before I took the medication to bring on my period. What a happy shock when I saw it said I was pregnant!! I was so excited, I took that test in hand, and went to Starbucks where R was working that morning and showed it to him right there in the store. He was so excited! He also told me to go next door to the grocery store and get another test to confirm it. I got 2. I came back and took them both right then in the bathroom at Starbucks! 2 more positives.
We told my parents that evening at their place, and they were excited beyond words. We called R’s mom to tell her she was going to be a Grandma, and she thought we were getting a dog! She likes dogs, but a baby was much better!
It was the best Thanksgiving Day ever! We are so very blessed!
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Thursday, November 26, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving!
This morning, I got up a little early, but not to dress, stuff, or cook a turkey! Instead, I washed my face, made a cup of hot tea and sat down to enjoy my quiet time with the Lord, reading His word. What a blessing that time is!
Today, our family is going out to eat for Thanksgiving! GASP! Can you imagine? We’ve talked about doing it for years, but never could break ourselves away from the preparing & cooking that started days before Thanksgiving. The getting up early, rushing around, and spending hours preparing a meal that took minutes to eat. Even then, getting my mom to actually sit at the meal is a feat in itself as she plays the ever busy hostess. So this year, we are heading off to Maggiano’s Restaurant to enjoy their Thanksgiving feast for lunch! Then we will all come back to our place to play games and spend time relaxing together.
I led a Bible study discussion about Mary & Martha (Luke 10:38-42) last week, so I am even more excited to be able to slow down, relax and focus on what is important today. Relationships. We are blessed to enjoy many a home-cooked meal in our house, and we actually eat turkey on a regular basis, so the special thing for us today is not the preparing of the food, but the time sitting and enjoying family.
That’s not to say that the time preparing and cooking is not special. We love to do that too! To gather in the kitchen, prepare meals together, exchange recipes and laugh when we leave something in the oven too long, or not long enough. It’s just that today, we are choosing something different.
I hope that you all have a blessed Thanksgiving, no matter how you choose to spend it. Count your many blessings! If you are sitting in a warm house with a roof over your head, and you plan to eat today (maybe even more than once!), then you indeed are rich! Stop and thank He who provides it all.
Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus! (1 Thess 5:18)
Today, our family is going out to eat for Thanksgiving! GASP! Can you imagine? We’ve talked about doing it for years, but never could break ourselves away from the preparing & cooking that started days before Thanksgiving. The getting up early, rushing around, and spending hours preparing a meal that took minutes to eat. Even then, getting my mom to actually sit at the meal is a feat in itself as she plays the ever busy hostess. So this year, we are heading off to Maggiano’s Restaurant to enjoy their Thanksgiving feast for lunch! Then we will all come back to our place to play games and spend time relaxing together.
I led a Bible study discussion about Mary & Martha (Luke 10:38-42) last week, so I am even more excited to be able to slow down, relax and focus on what is important today. Relationships. We are blessed to enjoy many a home-cooked meal in our house, and we actually eat turkey on a regular basis, so the special thing for us today is not the preparing of the food, but the time sitting and enjoying family.
That’s not to say that the time preparing and cooking is not special. We love to do that too! To gather in the kitchen, prepare meals together, exchange recipes and laugh when we leave something in the oven too long, or not long enough. It’s just that today, we are choosing something different.
I hope that you all have a blessed Thanksgiving, no matter how you choose to spend it. Count your many blessings! If you are sitting in a warm house with a roof over your head, and you plan to eat today (maybe even more than once!), then you indeed are rich! Stop and thank He who provides it all.
Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus! (1 Thess 5:18)
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