God is Our Ultimate Storyteller

I'm a storyteller. I live for the details.  And that right there is how God woo's me.  He woo's us all differently, based specifically on how he himself made us.  And He made me a storyteller and lover of details.

I love to see Him in the tiniest of places, knowing there's no other way "that" happened except by the hand of God.  So when Baby Hammons number two showed up on that pregnancy test in March of 2015, the story of their life had already begun.  God was writing a story for me that included surprising Brad, a perfect due date of Thanksgiving Day, and Easter weekend (with ALL of our family) falling right in line with the 8 week sonogram.  But before we were even able to see the baby on the blurry monitor, we got news that I was actually miscarrying, if I hadn't already.  Our beautiful story was as short lived as Baby Hammons #2's life.

Through grieving that loss, I began to dream again.  Apprehensive at best and very hopeful.  But I often wondered how God would redeem and restore this part of our story (because I KNEW He would).

As a lover of details, I would think of certain milestones and think, "oh, it would be so sweet if we were able to actually know we were pregnant by X date."  You know, you hear about women finding out on their due date that their new miracle baby is on the way?  That's what I hoped for.  I really hoped that Baby's due date that would already leave my arms empty wouldn't also leave my womb empty.

But all those dates, events, and milestones came and passed, and I told myself how silly I was being, and how much God did NOT have time for my little made up fantasies.

But then, as that all too familiar wave of nausea creeped up on me, I realized we were getting close to when we found out we were expecting a year ago.  I had avoided trying to find out the specific dates because I didn't want another milestone to come and go with an empty tummy and a broken heart.

On March 24, 2016, we found out we were 4 weeks along with a 3rd miracle baby...only 2 days before the one year anniversary of finding out about our 2nd miracle that is waiting for us in heaven.  God writes incredibly beautiful stories, and I am so thankful that this is one way He pursues me personally.