Take a seat. Get comfortable. We’ll be here a while.
Our journey has included lots of tears. So. Many. Tears.
Infertility tears...tears from the sight of yet another negative pregnancy test. Tears fought back while faking a smile at a baby shower. Tears of pain brought on by yet another IVF injection.
Pregnancy tears...not just because of hormones but due to the constant reminder that I very likely might not end up with three babies in my arms. So many fear-filled tears.
NICU tears. Tears brought on by the longing to hold your baby when you can’t. Tears brought on by infections and apnea episodes and bradycardia spells. And so many tears of guilt.
Homecoming tears. Tears of joy when the long-awaited day finally came to bring each of our sweet boys home. Tears triggered by the song “Home” coming on the radio as you’re sitting in the backseat with your sweet boy about to pull into your driveway with him for the first time.
Tears of sleep deprivation. Hooked-up-to-a-pump-in-the-middle-of-the-night tears. 6-month vaccination tears. The tears that came with the first birthday and every birthday since. The tears that recently seem to break through anytime someone says the word “kindergarten”.
It’s been quite the journey and we are so grateful, so blessed to have shared it with all of you. Thank you for your support. For the visits in the hospital during a long time of bed rest. Thank you for helping to make sure each of these boys got plenty of snuggles as babies. Thank you for the meals, diapers, gift cards, the Starbucks drinks left on doorsteps. Thank you for checking in when you knew things were kind of rough.
And thank you so much for supporting this great cause. For loving and caring about our babies enough to want to make a difference for so many others out there. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We love you all!
No comments:
Post a Comment