Isaac is Here!

Praise God! Our little Isaac is heavenly. Please continue to pray for his health and safety.

MWM Turns 30

I Want My Body Back

I am just a few days from delivering my third child. It has been a long two years, having had back-to-back pregnancies on top of full-time teaching, and I am eager to have my body back. I don't have any illusions about returning to my pre-baby "size" or "weight," I am simply eager to return to the activities that I enjoyed before - skiing, biking, yoga. I want to build my strength and stamina again. It turns out that physical activity is a part of my life that I need secure in order to feel whole and complete as a person.

I love the privilege of having carried my children to term, and I will treasure the opportunity to raise them in an environment wherein we enjoy our health and the outdoors.

MWM Turns 30

Distractions

As I anxiously await the arrival of my 3rd child, I appreciate all of the daily distractions that keep me "sane." A few of these: my daughter, my classroom, bills, laundry, email, birthdays, meetings, paperwork, landscaping... all of the things that I would typically take for granted. These are the things that I lean on now as I hope and pray for a living, breathing child. Praise God for these blessings and more!

MWM Turns 30

Impatient

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. My grief manifests itself mainly in the form of impatience with others... family members, friends, co-workers, and complete strangers. I am not seeking nor expecting perfection, but I do expect people to do their jobs, drive properly when sharing the road with me, and to not ask me a zillion unnecessary questions because they haven't given their curiosities any thought.

I am not proud of being so impatient. I'll continue to work on it...

MWM Turns 30

Two Years In Waiting...

My son Isaac, currently 36 weeks gestation, is eagerly awaited by my family and I. Our first positive pregnancy test after trying to conceive for nearly a year following Isabelle's birth, came in July 2008. We delivered our son Henry silently in March of 2009. Now, over a year later, we anxiously await the opportunity to hold a living, breathing baby... one that we get to take home and raise. I don't know why God has made us wait this long - or whether He may still have a wait in store - but I know that I am even more grateful for this miracle after what feels like two full years of pregnancy and an inequitable amount of "waiting."

Please pray for us, and also for our baby Isaac.

MWM Turns 30