She is going to be 3 years old in just 2 short months and my brain hasnt really comprehended this! It seems just yesterday that I saw the dreaded plus sign on the little piece of plastic infront of me informing me that I, an 18 year old freshman in college, was pregnant. I was very scared and I cried every second after I told her father (my best friend, and boyfriend at the time).
He and I had been best friends for the better part of almost 5 years before we started dating. Yet as things progressed things happened that threatened our relationship and even worse our personal relationships with Christ. We actually broke things off about 2 days before I found out about this tiny human being growing inside of me.
We did NOT get back together, I take pride in the fact that he and I both knew we had broken up for reasons that would not be fixed in a day and that we shouldnt be together simply because we were now expecting a child. It would not have been fair to ourselves or our future child. Well as fate would have it we did indeed get back together, and though we faced many obstacles those long 9 months we faced them and got through it all together.
9 months passed and around 5am on a very warm Monday morning July 14th, our beautiful daughter came into the world. She (now and foward known on here as "Solo") weighed 6lbs 11oz and was so curious she only cried the first full minute out of the womb, after that she was wide eyed and looking everywhere.
Needless to say our lives changed that day. Sometimes I sit back and wonder why this beautiful child was put into my life. God certainly had a reason, because we did indeed take precautions against this happening! It took us a few weeks of sleepless nights together with our new addition to realize that this precious gift was given to us to draw us closer together and closer to God.
It took us taking that first step, making that decision (which at the age of 18 isnt that easy to make) to have and raise this beautiful precious amazing child, and its been very hard sometimes. Taking each day as it comes and one step at a time we have made it almost 3 years as parents and almost 2 years in marriage. Laying our burdens at Gods feet and leaning only on Him has given us the strength to keep going and to keep our heads high. Matthew 6:34 "Do not be anxious about tomorrow for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for today is its own trouble."