It is so amazing to me how fast life can change. In a single moment, everything I've ever known will forever be different. It was 7:28 p.m. on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 when my "single moment" happened. My sweet husband, my mom, three or four nurses, and my doctor were all around me, holding me, helping me, coaching me, screaming at me to push, and telling me I was almost there. Then it happened. My beautiful, perfect, tiny, sweet baby girl was born. All the work my body had been doing for 9 months, all the preparations we had made, all the prayers we sent up, and here she was. Perfect. Life-changing.
That "single moment" that seemed to be the culmination of so much was really only the beginning of so much more. This baby that depended solely on me before she was born, would continue to be completely dependent on her father and me. She would exhaust us and worry us and make us happier than we could ever imagine.
That "single moment" was five weeks ago. Five weeks we have lived in this new life of ours. I feel so very blessed to have Sweet Girl in my life and to have this responsibility of raising her. I hope and pray that the man and I will raise her as our Father would have us to and that we will instill in her a love for God beyond all others. I pray that we will always be good examples to her and that she'll always know how much we love her and want nothing but the best for her.
That single, amazing moment will forever be engraved in my memory. In this rare quiet moment I am motivated to start a series of posts addressed to Sweet Baby. I can think of so many things I'd love to tell her about growing up and make good choices. Hopefully I won't lose that motivation....
~Lisa
