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Too Many Coats
If you have 2 coats, you've stolen one from the poor. Dorothy Day

Figuring out how to live out all the gospel all the time...
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
What? We're Pregnant?

45 days.

In 45 days, this relativly selfish man who spends 2-3 days/week playing disc golf, quiet hours reading, mornings playing fetch with Kia and Ginny, and moments before bed playing backgammon will be thrust into a world where those days, mornings, and quiet moments seem to vanish.

Oh, and the odds are that those 45 days will likely be shorter.

Needless to say, Faith and I are now completing this Tuesday with overwhelming feelings of inadequacy.

How will we make it with little or no sleep?
What if we're the world's worst set of parents?
What if we go broke?
Where's God in all this?

Though in the back of our minds, we're aware that moms and dads have been quite apt at adapting to parenthood for countless years, the fears still linger.

Prayers would greatly be appreciated.

4 Comments:

At 12:29 PM, Blogger ben said...

Hey, just surfed onto your blog...sounds like some exciting times in your life right now. i love the name eli. my firstborn son will be named eli ... if of course my fiancee approves ... she is carrying it after all ;-)

in all seriousness. i lift up prayers for you, your wife, and child today. blessings.

kyrie eleison.

 
At 12:30 PM, Blogger ben said...

oh, not that it matters or anything

but Andi & I are definitely NOT expecting....we're engaged, no baby on the way....sorry if I wasn't clear in my first comment :)

 
At 3:47 PM, Blogger Courtney O. said...

Yes, they are fears we all have... even after the baby is born... and becomes a toddler... and I assume for many years thereafter. But God? God will definitely show himself faithful to you guys. In fact, without Him we wouldn't have made it.
You'll make it. And you'll be the parents your kid needs. Just keep relying on God and be humble. It's an incredible blessing.

 
At 10:33 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I have a sneaking suspicion you won't be in the running for world's worst parents. I mean, if you want to come to court with me sometime once I'm a lawyer, you'll feel better...

 

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