A Mother's day miracle!

Today is Mother's day. At one time this day was one of the hardest days of the year for me. I used to get really moody around this day and never understood why until my dad told me in passing one day that this was the day that my mother died when I was nine years old. I had always felt a void and this certainly played a role in that. To make things worse my husband and I had tried for over 2 years to become pregnant and nothing was happening. Each Mother's day that passed and I still had no child to hold was just more than I could take sometimes. It was especially hard going to church on that day and the mom's all received flowers which was just insult to injury.

Something happened at one of these church services that will forever change the way I view Mother's day. Everything went as usual during the service, the message, the flowers given out afterwords. But this year was different. A friend of mine who knew I was struggling with infertility came up to me and handed me a flower. She said "I'm giving you this flower in faith that next year, you too will become a mother". I took the flower and told her that I would take the flower in faith as well and once again took my prayers to my heavenly father. Well He answered my prayers and I indeed became pregnant! The following year I sat in the service rocking my beautiful baby girl.
Mother's day is now a day of miracles for me. After 3 more years of infertility I again was blessed to give birth to a baby boy. My kids are my pride and joy and I treasure each and every Mother's Day now. What used to be a day of despair has now been turned into a day of joy!

I will forever have a special place in my heart for the women who struggle with infertility. I know the longing of their hearts. I know how hard it is to watch other women who seem like they can get pregnant at the drop of a hat and wonder what is wrong with me! My prayers are for these ladies today. I will never understand why I had to go through the infertility but I do trust the Lord and I know that He is always working on my behalf even when I don't understand. When things are done in His timing the blessings that come forth are 10 times what we could ever imagine.