Of course now there is still a question. What if this baby I saw on the ultrasound today is a boy? I was very adamant to all of the temple worker that night four years ago that there are no boys named Sarah. Sarah is definitely a girl, I told them, until they agreed. So, what if this baby is a boy? Hm...that is a very good question. I get so excited when I think about my baby girl. I think that I will still feel that she is missing if she isn't coming now. But would that mean we'd have to have or adopt another child? Or was the dream and everything just warming me up to the idea of having another baby?
It really doesn't matter. I totally believe that the children that are meant to come to our families will eventually come to them. For some of my family and friends, creating a family has been and is an excruciatingly difficult process. For others, it seems the babies just keep coming no matter what they do (Kelly's sister-in-law became pregnant with twins while she had an IUD when she already had 3 kids under the age of 5). It all can seem so strange and unfair when you don't have an eternal perspective on things.
So, I will try to keep that perspective. I trust that God knows who is meant to be a part of my family. Because of my feelings, I hope that it is my little Sarah. But if it is not, I'm sure that I will be more than thrilled to meet my new son!
Friday, September 19, 2008
Post Script for Baby
Posted by Perla at 10:54 AM
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Perfect! That is just what faith should be and what I need to work on -- not doubting a certain feeling or answer if suddenly things seem different than you'd imagined (like if this were a boy -- or like if I felt certain Heavenly Father was planning on helping with our house situation and we lost 30,000).
That is so beautiful. You are an inspiration of faith. Wow, you really have me thinking about what I am going through right now. Thank you for sharing this on your blog. Again, beautifully put.
Babies do have a way of finding us. I think it makes them even more lovable - it's like a little treasure we've stumbled upon.
Congratulations! My husband's coworker dreamed of his son and the name as well before he was born. Sure enough they had a boy and named him the name from the dream. Then after their third they thought they were done, but this time his wife dreamed of their next child including the name. She had a hard time because she was still feeling quite overwhelmed with the three she already had, but she knew she was supposed to have a fourth. I am also expecting my third which I knew needed to be a part of the family. We had to take fertility drugs with our first two and this one happened right away. I think it is a girl and I never had a feeling before on the gender. Who knows I could be wrong. I hope you are feeling okay. Thanks for sharing such a neat story.
Congratulations! You gave me goose bumps while I read your story. I too was blessed to have dreams and see some of my children before they were born. My Mom was blessed with a beautiful dream, seeing my youngest three children. When I was pregnant for the fourth time, I had been so very sick and on the way to the ultrasound I told my husband "I think our family will be complete". He told me he had always thought we would have 5 children. Quickly I responded, "If Heavenly Father wants us to have 5, He will bless us with twins".
We were overjoyed with happines when our ultrasound showed two little children growing in my tummy! We had struggled to get our kids here and this time we were not even on fertility. Heavenly Father does have a plan for each of us. Thanks for reminding me today. (Maybe we stood in more than one line together, before we came here)
Love, Laurie
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