- My grandpa passed away on May 27th after a long 4 months of health concerns
- Four days later, Micah was born, becoming the first grandchild on either side and our first child after 2 years of an emotional roller-coaster, including 3 miscarriages and 3 surgeries
- 10 days after Micah's birth, Christian had an emergency appendectomy
- That same night Frodo got out (for 16 hours) and I thought he was gone for good
- At the end of June, 1 day shy of Micah turning 4 weeks, I noticed our flooring peeling up in the kitchen and baseboards coming off they wall
- 7 1/2 weeks later, our kitchen is STILL the exact same way it was on July 1st :(
- I started questioning whether Micah was colicky or not (and realize now how silly that way - but wow, weeks 3 - 6 1/2 were hard!)
- We took our first family vacation to Disney/Tampa area and Micah had his first airplane ride (doing absolutely amazing!!)
- Coming back from vacation, Christian leaves a week for India and Micah visits Urgent Care for the first time
- Work starts up again for me, and I now begin to realize the struggle in balancing wife, mom and professional career woman...
In all of this, I realize how absolutely blessed I am.
God has given me an amazing life, filled with its ups and downs, but treasures that I am so grateful to have! I can't imagine life without Micah, and know that the journey over the last 2 years have brought me to where I am now. I am so grateful for the family and friends that I have. They are there for me through the ups and downs and stand by me 100% of the time.
And I am blessed to have people who care about me when I am going solo. Having my sister move to West Africa at the beginning of August was hard for me to digest, as she was my only immediate family in the area. Kari would always come over to hang out when Christian went on business trips to keep me company, and now she's gone...making it even more sad with Micah in the picture. But as Christian has been in India this week, I have become Miss Social, being showered with generosity from my friends. Thank you to all who take care of me when Christian is out of town - it means so much to know I am cared for.
And thank you Lord for the blessings you bestow upon my life. How grateful I am!
Wow! I do have tears in my eyes... for I, too, have been through this journey with you. I, too, am blessed! And grateful for those of you who can fill the gap for me when I cannot be there physically to do that which I would love to do for Kelly and Chritian and now Micah, (that absolutely adorable grandbaby).
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