Whew!!!!

This weekend was crazy fun and exciting… there is plenty more excitement to come in the next few months though with a wedding and then the arrival of my first grand child… I just can’t wait!

This post isn’t an update on all of that though … we will post soon about that. This post is one that has been on my heart and maybe someone else needs to read it.

I know I have been blessed in so many ways but one way I am reminded of my blessings is by the daily pitter patter of little feet… little feet that we were told would never pitter patter.

You just don’t know the joy that my heart feels when I hear those little feet slapping on the floor…

Whoooeeee!!!! I still get chill bumps sometimes just thinking about all that God has brought us through and I can’t wait to see what He has in store for us!

I am also reminded by the whispers of ‘mom’ in the wee hours when she wakes up and wants to climb into bed to snuggle with Daddy and me.

I am reminded by the multiple ways that she lets us know that she loves us… her actions… her signs… and her new found words. These were all things we were told not to expect to happen.

Every day she gives us proof that our God is great and powerful and that He can do all things. We were told she probably wouldn’t survive the pregnancy and if she did survive pregnancy and birth then she would be a ‘vegetable’, dependent on machines to survive, with no quality of life. I was even told (by a doctor) that I was being selfish for not terminating the pregnancy.

Those doctors apparently don’t know the God I know. They took away my joy during my pregnancy and this allowed fear and worry to almost consume me but I clung to hope and my faith in God that He had a plan.

He did have quite the journey planned for us… it wasn’t a journey that I would have embarked on willingly but we have learned so much and we have been able to help others with our experiences.

Maybe you are facing some uncertainties about your future and you are afraid to continue down the path you are on… please don’t make and hasty decisions! Pray to God and ask others to pray for you and He will make a way even when others say it is impossible because everything is possible with God.

I admit that there were many nights that I cried because I felt like our situation couldn’t possibly have a happy ending. After she was born I worried and stressed because I just didn’t know if she’d be able to do ‘normal’ things but God has taken that away from me and He has shown me that she doesn’t have to be like everyone else. He created her to be unique and she is definitely unique!

The pressures of well-meaning doctors and specialists trying to encourage us to do so many things to help her ‘catch up’ was physically and emotionally draining and we chose not to pursue many of those suggestions.

She has faced many challenges in her short time but she has overcome them with such an amazing attitude. She does things in her own way and on her own little schedule… in God’s time.

Another example of God’s perfect timing is my grand baby on the way. For seven years they had tried everything … I told them that it would happen in God’s timing and I trusted that He would provide for them.

Then as they were making other plans for their future God gave them what they had been praying for. God is so good!

There are so many things we pray for and sometimes we forget about them. I have a jar where I save prayers that have been written down on slips of paper. Every so often I go through them just to be reminded of the prayers that God has answered. I also look at the ones that haven’t been answered and sometimes we see that His ‘NO’ was because He had something better in store for us.

If you have a special request please don’t hesitate to comment ‘please pray’ down below and we will pray for you. You don’t need to say what the need is as God already knows.

If you want to read more about Shyanne’s story then you can search this blog or check out her blog at Sweet Shyanne: The little girl who could. You can also use @thelittlegirlwhocould on Facebook or Instagram to find her page and read more about her story.

Please know that we are so very thankful to everyone who reads our blog and we pray that you will find something that helps you or someone you know.

God Bless!