Twas the night before Abigail's arrival and Tyler is currently at the 5,600 acre Rocky Mountain Fire and I just drank an XS energy drink and about to clean the entire house at 9:00 pm. But seriously, I can't believe we have reached the day before her arrival! Our birth mother will be induced tomorrow morning and we'll make our way up to Maryland for Abigail's arrival.
Everything is coming full circle and God's provision for our family is just ahead of us. This morning when I was thinking about what day it is (I've lost track of the days lately), I realized how significant Abigail's birthday will be. Abigail will be delivered just a few days shy of my two year anniversary of my Ehlers Danlos Syndrome diagnosis. Two years ago this month I sat in the geneticists office listening to her tell me about the harsh reality of living with EDS. It became much more than just a physical condition that I'd have to deal with for the rest of my life. She was the first of six doctors over the next several months that told me to never have biological children. I sat in the UVA parking deck that morning numb to what she had just told me. Where would we go from here?
The last two years have been anything but easy. Denial. Anger. Grief. All of the emotions that come with infertility. But eventually (after a lot of counseling and prayer) we moved on and tried to find joy in the process and embrace adoption. I never would have imagined two years ago sitting in that doctors office at UVA that we would be here today, the eve before we hold our daughter for the first time. God is good!
Continue to keep us in your thoughts and prayers. The next few days are not going to be easy for anyone. While this will be a very joyous time for us, we acknowledge how hard this is for our birth family. Pray for our birth mother and that her labor and delivery go well. We look forward to sharing more with you all as soon as we are able to!
Blessings,
Tyler & Kelsey
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