Chris and I were married at on July 2, 2006, and our marriage has truly been the blessings of our lives. Our union is made more precious by the fact that it nearly did not happen. Although we were crazy-mad in love, Chris' decision to marry me would almost certainly mean he would never know the joys of being a father as I am unable to have children. This was the one insurmountable issue for Chris as he had always envisioned having his own family - and the things he would do with his children.
Our attempted separation was a heart wrenching time in both of our lives as for 5 months we tried to forget how good we are together. After gallons of tears, hours of legitimizing and countless failed attempts to say goodbye, it came down to this simple fact. We trust God, and He promised that He would give us “the desires of our heart". If it was meant to be, it would be. As if He needed our help, we tried to help God along and began to research our options - contacting countless adoptions agencies, international as well as domestic. We looked into In vitro fertilization, surrogacy and even networked with medical professionals who might have clients who may want to put their baby up for adoption. We kept coming up with the same two roadblocks – time and money – time being our worst enemy. As of Mother’s Day this year, we resigned ourselves to the realization that we might just be destined to spend the rest of our lives childless.
It never fails. When you fully surrender, you get out of God’s way and He drops a miracle right in your lap! On Wednesday, July 9, 2008, I received a phone call from my sister Marlea informing me that our beautiful niece Tiffany was 7 weeks pregnant and has decided not to keep the baby. (She has a plan for her life and this was an unexpected surprise.) Further, she wanted Uncle Chris and Aunt Marjorie to consider adopting the baby. CONSIDER IT????!!! OUR FEET HAVEN’T TOUCHED THE GROUND YET!!! Tiffany is a gift from God and she is giving us a gift from God! No one – as long as I live will ever give a greater gift than this. We are truly overwhelmed. God does give you the desires of your heart!
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
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AS long as I am God Mother, you are ok. NO YOU MAY NOT name her Matilda or Mildred. I am so very happy for you. PS you do know that all of Tiffany's good qualities she got from me, right?
Love Ya!
See you soon.
The Best thing to say here is:
CONGRATS!!!!!
or maybe:
WOO-HOO!!!!!
Lv ya -j
Girlfriend, we need updates!
Our babies are going to have FUN playing together!
I am so happy for you! I don't think you can ever understand how happy I am. Andy and I are trying to conceive, of course in Mindy fashion I am unable to without some serious medical help. Which is all too expensive and time consuming. To know that your wish is coming true gives me hope. I love you, and I miss you more than you know.
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