Thursday, December 04, 2008

Joyful, joyful

I've written so many posts of late where I air my concerns and lament my stresses, that I want to give a shout out for the amazing ways God has blessed me this week. Here's a quick summary (the last is the best)

- I started another drama class this week. Last session I had 9 kids and innumerable behavioral problems (one student was asked not to return). This session I have 16 children, and I believe they are the cream of the crop. After our first class I had several declare this is their favorite class, and they are looking forward to next week. I like that kind of enthusiasm! Better yet, they seem to be all well-behaved, mature children.

- last week Mike finally received the promotion that he had been promised nearly 6 months ago. He already was doing the work involved, but he had not received the title or pay raise to go with the responsibilities. Our company was generous and offered him a 22% increase in salary

- we received a call at 3:30 Tuesday night from the embryo clinic saying they were faxing over the profiles on embryo donors. We needed to decide on which donor we wanted and decide fast! Other couples were getting the same information at the same time, and it was first come, first served.

Mike and I decided on 1 couple that night, but really needed God's peace about the whole thing. All we had to go on was brief physical descriptions of the donors and only 7 profiles to choose from. I called the clinic the first thing Wednesday and heard the beautiful words, "The other couples haven't chosen yet because I was waiting to hear what your selection was." After Mike and I told her our choice, she faxed over a more detailed bio on the husband and wife. Would you believe, it's like reading our own bios.

The husband is the same age as Mike, the wife is within 2 years of my age. Both have curly hair. Both share our body build, skin tone and eye color. The husband plays soccer, the wife majored in communications. Better still. The couple had 5 strong, healthy embryos to donate. The wife ended up pregnant with triplets when she used her other embryos. (I'm not wishing for triplets, but it tells us she had a good success rate)

After reading the detailed information, we really felt God's peace and assurance. So, this week we are rejoicing in God's goodness and His ability to answer prayers (from big to small).

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I am so so so so excited for you. I can't wait to meet little baby conner.

Anonymous said...

I am so so so so excited for you. I can't wait to meet little baby conner.
Mamie

Dennis and Danielle said...

OH MY GOODNESS - HOW EXCITING about the profiles, and how things are moving along!!!
God is good - all the time :)
Dani

Anonymous said...

Congratulations! I just found your blog tonight and wanted to let you know that I wish you a TON of luck and love for your cycle. We are having our second donor embryo FET one week from today and we are nervous and excited. It's not every day that I "meet" someone else going through the same thing. :)
Best of luck!!

Shannon said...

How cool is that...bring on the curly headed twins or triplets!!!! Praying for a very smooth FET and for some little one(s) to get comfy and stick around for about 9 months in there.