For those of you who know me well you know that my sisters and I are TIGHT! I mean super tight. So this weekend I want to talk a little about them. I have paid tribute to my older sister once and you can read about it here.
For a very long time she has been going through a trial I never thought would affect our family. She and her husband Paul have been trying to have a baby with no success. I have been so impressed by her constant effort and her hope and faith. As a social worker who helps families who may lose their children and also she works at LDS adoption agency with birth moms who weren't exactly wanting to get pregnant it seemed she was constantly reminded that having children comes to many so easily. Around the time I had Grace she had a miscarriage. It is always difficult to watch ones you love go through something that you can't fix and you don't understand yourself. I have tried to be there for her the best I could, but knew I could never totally fill the void she had in her life. Well after many months of waiting and thinking it might happen it finally has and she is having a baby in November. You can click over to her blog here to read the good news. It's been a great reminder to me of having faith and hope through tribulations and that Heavenly Father is always with us. I know she will be a wonderful mom, all the Grand kids adore her. I am so excited for her, so add her blog to your Google Reader, so you can be excited too! Haha!
16 comments:
aww shucks. i swear...if you get more comments than me I will rage against the machine...and you will be the machine. And yes you can say things like that and still be lovable.
I love sisters! I love you Ashley. Don't you just want to burst!!!!???
Congrats to your sister That is awesome I like how she told! We will keep her in our prayers too!
Woohhhooo!! I am so happy for her and Paul! You have one awesome sister!
oh, and me and paul don't always look like fools. just when we are polishing off a carton of icecream.
What!!!??????? Gotta go check her blog! See ya!
OH MY GOSH!! I'm so excited, for her and you. Gracie will have a play mate! Miracles do happen!
GREAT news!! I sometimes click to RaeAnn's blog. I'm so happy for her and I don't even know her, except through you. :) I'm SO happy for her!
oh yay! what a sweet post and how excited are we all! so neat for them and so jealous we are that you will probably be spending the next months back and forth and back and forth to see them and her cute growing belly! children are miracles!
Oh yeah! I'm so excited for them!!! I loved what you wrote. I totally understand where she has been and the pain and heartache she's gone through and the extreme joy she must feel now. Miracles really do happen!
Yeah for RaeAnn. I think we met only once, but having gone through similar challenges I have thought of her often. So, RaeAnn I know you are probably reading all of these comments, congratulations! I wish you the best on a healthy pregnancy. Enjoy every minute of it -- I am sure you will...every thing seems to be a little more precious when you've waited a long time and fought for it.
That is so wonderful! I am so happy for them! Yay for sisters and yay for family.
I have a very good friend who has had the same struggles. She miscarried right before I had Brooklyn and another a few months ago. I keep telling her it will happen. I will share this great news with her. Congratulations to your sister and to you, you're going to be an auntie!
I just read her post right before yours and it's the best news ever. It's true, miracles happen and they deserve this so much. I'm so happy for them!
Oh I am so happy for RaeAnn! Thats wonderful news for her and Paul!! I bet your whole family is super excited :)
Congratulations to your sis! I am way excited for her (even though I don't know her). Having dealt (and still dealing) with infertility I can totally relate with how difficult it is to have such a righteous desire and yet have to wait and wait and wait...but I will say that the wait is worth it. I wish her the best and hope you keep us posted (I guess I can always sneak a peak on her blog as well :).
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