Kind hearts

The kindness of others never really ceases to amaze me. I received a beautiful, simple yet uplifting gift in the mail yesterday that brought me to tears.

My husband and I have been trying to conceive for about 10 years now. We tried some years back our 6 cycles of Clomid, but unfortunately that didn't work. These sort of things can take a toll on a marriage, and it did ours. We took a break from "trying" while trying to smooth our bumpy roads. Recently we both have finally worked up the courage to start again.

So started the doctor visits and the required testing. I have this irrational fear of blood work, my anxiety goes through the roof, and of course they had to stab both of my arms and dig around then finally go to my hand for the tests, confirming my fears. We had our follow up appointment and got the news we didn't want to hear...we have to go see a fertility specialist.

So, here we are mustering up our courage to go face more fears and more tests with that glimmer of hope that we will some day be able to be parents. That small glimmer was starting to fade fast and I was beginning the talk with myself that maybe it just wasn't meant to be and maybe I shouldn't go through all of this heartache all over again. Maybe I should just spare us the pain.

Then I get this beautiful little message in the mail, from a family member that is going through her own hard times and battle with this. Yet she found the time to put her energy into encouraging us. I can't tell you how much just this simple message means to me. Thank you very much Des, I'm sending lots of prayers and baby dust your way as well.

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