A year ago right about now, I was crying, heart broken that the baby girl I so wanted to be our Lydia may not be her. We prayed. We prayed specifically and fervently. And, the Lord answered our prayers and showed us that this little peanut who we had seen for the first time at 10pm the night before on January 18th, 2010 and had already started to fall in love with
And, we knew she was going to be our girl. I danced around the dining room and couldn’t stop telling Mark, “We have a daughter…do you know that?” And, we named her Lydia Mei that night.
I had been thinking about yesterday night and today and tomorrow for some time, recognizing that the anniversary was coming up and wondering how to remember it in a significant way. All that went by the wayside, however, because we have been dealing with some seriously sick children. Evan and Ashlyn have been very sick since the weekend and had blood work today to confirm their doctor’s suspicion of mono. Mono. Not what a mommy wants to hear when she is practically already packing suitcases for our trip to Disney World in 9 days. The doctor tried to put me at ease and tell me that given their young ages, they could bounce back in only 7-10 days and be okay for the trip as long as we don’t push them too hard. Praying that they start to show some improvement by the weekend so that we don’t have to make any very hard decisions.