Whew! What a week! It has been an emotional roller coaster for us. Sometimes I wonder if I am on the Top Thrill Dragster. Such highs and so many lows. Yet I wouldn’t trade one of them. Do I sometimes wish they would all go away at the time? Of course. I look back and…
Baby update! I had an ultrasound on Monday and everything looked great! I had no clue going into it what to expect (and for those who have done this before, you’re probably thinking “this is all normal, Kristin.”) Not going to go into detail about everything, but I have 14 eggs thus far! That sounded good…
Everything happens for a reason. That is such a cliche saying, yet isn’t it so true? In my Christian faith, the sovereignty of God, I hold onto very passionately and humbly. To know that God is the holder of all things, the Creator of all things, and the knower of all things, is mind-boggling at…
Though this week has been tough, I would repeat it, just to learn the lessons again. I think of the verses in James 1 that say “Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that…
Decisions, decisions, decisions. Think back to a time when you had to make a LOT of decisions. In fact, the thought of making decisions, was overwhelming. Sometimes we feel like that – when we let our minds get overwhelmed. Though we often find, when we just trust God, those decisions fall right into place because…
Continuing our embryo adoption story… Our hearts ached. Ached and ached for those who were in the same predicament we were in: desiring children. Dan and I would sit in our living room and have conversation after conversation, talking about how we could possibly help these couples. These couples can carry, but cannot conceive. We…
