The Tiny Surprise

Life sometimes has a funny way of sneaking up on you and shouting "SURPRISE!"
You can plan and plan and plan, but real life has no interest in the planning you may do.
Life happens when life wants to happen.

For close to two years, Joe and I tried to turn our family of four into a family of five.
I knew with my history, we had to set about this goal sooner, rather than later.
So we tried.

We went to numerous doctor appointments.
I was pricked and poked so that tests could be done.
And still, month after month, that little test kept coming back negative.

The tests I took gave me some insight as to why conceiving was so difficult.
My doctor informed me that I was in early ovarian failure.
She was quite surprised that at only 32 years of age this was already happening.

We weren't sure what to do next.
My doctor suggested going to see a specialist.
Joe and I agreed that seeing a specialist was not something we wanted to do.
We were extremely blessed to have two happy, healthy little girls.
We wanted this to happen if it was going to be easy.
A specialist seemed hard.

So life continued on for us.
Great things were happening for the Murphy family.
Joe finally got the big promotion he so deserved.
The girls were in school doing very well and loving every moment of it.

We were in the process of moving to a new state.
I had many bins of baby clothing that I did not want to pack and store at a new house.
I had loads of maternity clothes.
I even had baby necessities like a pack and play, crib mattress and rocking toys.

Most of it I sold.
Many other items I donated to Goodwill.
It was sad to let go of some of the items, but after almost two years of trying, I had to accept the inevitable.

This is where that silly little thing called "Life" enters the picture.

Not but five days after selling and donating every last bit of my baby necessities, we got some news.
It appeared that the Murphy family wasn't done growing.
We still had one more major project in the works...

The news didn't come two years earlier.

But it came.

And to me, that's all that matters.