Good things come to those that wait. I've heard this my whole life, and truthfully, it's one of those sayings that just kind of bothers you more than making sense. You think, this is just a ploy that my parents cooked up so that I would stop bothering them about having this or that right now. It is true though....as the famous Ent from Lord of the Rings, Treebeard, once said, "Nothing is worth saying, unless it takes a long time to say." I guess I think that about a lot of things now. I would morph it more into something like, "Nothing is worth doing unless it takes a long time to happen." If you think about it, you have to plan significantly for some of the best things to happen in your life: marriage--must plan the wedding, starting a family--seeing if you're ready for kids or not, pregnancy--you are constantly planning for this and that.
You never really know what will arise when you find out your are pregnant. This, as you know from previous posts, happened to my wife and I about this time a year ago. We found out that she was pregnant with our first child, Alan. We were exstatic and scared, all at the same time. However, we did begin to plan. We started planning for his room accommodations. We started planning for hospital bills. We started planning our lives around this little guy that was coming. We knew, things could not be the way they had been for 3+ years in our marriage.
We had a strong marriage, but we would soon come to find out that those strengths, and more importantly, the weaknesses, would be tested. The strain of sleep deprivation, worry, and nervousness of the unknown pulls hard at a marriage...even one tested by years of marriage. We found this to be especially true. I think the things that we've had a tough time with, we have emerged even stronger because we persevered though.
Alan is such a blessing. He is here now (Yes, I'm a bit late with this post) and we cannot stop looking at him, even after these 3.5 months. He is our pride. He is out joy. He is our life.
