Do you remember what I told you during that four hour phone conversation... you were in college.. and it was one of the many nights we spent talking on the phone...
Do you remember?!
I told you how proud of you I was... and that I looked up to you... I told you that if I could find a woman half as great as you - I would be doing alright.
He went on to say....
Well... now that I'm going to be a father... if I can have a daughter half as great as you -- I'll be doing alright.
I want to name her after you.
---sobs--
My brother... my 'little big brother' is having twins.... and we just found out that they're going to be TWIN GIRLS.
How freaking incredible is that.
My sister in law.. aka.. one of my best friends.. one of my 'persons' -- was told that she wasn't fertile.
Someone who is the epitome of a 'mother'... was told she wouldn't be able to be one.
Talk about heart-breaking... devastating.... a punch to the freakin' gut.
She finally got the courage to talk about her infertility publicly.... she was put on prayer lists...and literally two days after she spoke about her infertility... she conceived... of course - at the time, she didn't know.
A couple weeks later -- God told me that she was pregnant... I even have my prayer list where I wrote down that she was pregnant... I told her that she needed to go to the doctor...
Two days later she did.... it's where she heard the words she never thought she would.
Congratulations... you're pregnant.
We joked about how the number 'two' seemed significant... and how it would be HILARIOUS if she had twins - and we had tapped into God's plan before we really 'knew'.....
Y'all... TWINS...
GOOSEBUMPS.
On Easter Sunday.... my little big brother and my person took me into the garage... and said they wanted to name their other daughter in honor of Grace....
I felt the tears build up.
What in the hell do you say to that.... I mean.. who the hell am I to be given such an honor.
I've never felt a blessing like this before.
So this summer I'll be able to hold Grace... something I never thought I'd be able to do.... and I'll be able to hold Elizabeth... someone who will be BETTER than me. and it won't be at all about me... it'll be about God's great glory and His faithfulness to Emily and Andrew..... who are going to be AMAZING parents.
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