HOPE

Hope.....Today I had a glimpse of hope that has lifted my spirits. My husband and I have suffered two miscarriages in the past year and a half and are still actively pursuing pregnancy with no success. I am 31 (32 in December) and the age thing is really beginning to freak me out. We have no children, so this infertility is killing us.....well me for sure. But today at work I had a health screening/choloesterol screening for insurance purposes (we save $12 a month by doing it) and the nurse performing the screening was great. Not only was she fabulous at the finger prick, but she gave me HOPE for my fertility future. She told me that she too struggled with getting pregnant and had suffered a miscarriage. She saw a fertility doctor and now is the mother of three little boys. She had her first boy at age 30 and a set of twin boys at 33. She probably has no idea how much HOPE she gave me, but I felt a tremendous weight lifted off my shoulders. It also gave me HOPE because she mentioned that she struggled to even get pregnant and has know successfully gotten pregnant twice!!

Of course, I am still uneasy and frustrated at our fertility issues, but I truely believe God brought this wonderful nurse, Julie, into my life today because he knows how down I have been the past couple weeks.

I challenge you to look into your life, find a struggle, and always keep your eyes and ears open for HOPE. It's always there....you just have to open up and let it in!!