A Child is Born

I'm not gonna lie. This has been hard. For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to have kids. I love children. I always have and probably always will. So, sitting in that small exam room at Dr. Lawler's office, it came as quite a shock to hear him say we may never have children of our own. Endometriosis, it seems, significantly decreases the likelihood of conceiving. They don't know why.

The weeks since that appointment have been a twist of confusion, depression, anger, regret, and just plain sadness. I would love to say that I'm coming out of it - I doubt that I am. It's just too soon. But mid-twist something has struck me.

A week and a half after we got the news, I found myself sitting in an even-more-cramped conference room for the last weekly staff meeting of our new Chi Alpha group here in Huntsville. Mary read a passage of Scripture out of Isaiah and these words bounced hard off the walls of my mind:

...UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN...