So remember that trip to Mexico we took way back in July? And all those yummy fruity drinks I talked about enjoying on the beach? Well, all of those drinks were actually non-alcoholic, because at 4 AM on the morning that we left for Mexico, this happened:
After lots of conversations and prayer last year, we decided that we’d, let’s just say, “remove the goalie” and see what happened this summer. We weren’t in a huge rush to start a family, but had seen lots of people we love wrestle with infertility and miscarriage and wanted to open ourselves to whatever God might bring to our family before we reached a point of feeling desperate. Two short months later, after being a day late on my period and wanting to see if I’d be able to sip on real piña coladas during our Mexico trip, I thought I’d take a pregnancy test. And to our complete surprise, it was POSITIVE!
Six Reasons I Struggled To Find Friends After College
True confession: I have never been that good at girl friendships. From my elementary days when I was painfully shy to my middle and high school days where girl friendships left me wounded and confused, I’ve always felt like girl friendships were more complicated and sometimes just not worth the pain. When I went to college, I was wrestling with deep feelings of shame and fears that the girls I met would think I was too much or annoying in some way.
But oh my goodness was I blown away by the women I met! The girls on my floor (and some of the surrounding floors) pursued me, loved me, and rallied around my broken, scared self in so many ways. They taught me how to love and be loved, how to be silly and enjoy each other’s company while still sharing the deepest, hardest parts of our stories and our days. I loved those girls so much, and cried with my head against the car window as I drove away from Davidson and into a new life with my soon-to-be fiancé/husband.
