Life Update

5 months have passed since my last major update, and lots has happened. Namely, we welcomed baby #2 and #3 into our lives shortly after Christmas and before Valentines, and quickly said goodbye as we gave them back to Jesus. We gave them names, fitting with what we had peace about: Bethany Darcy, which means "Protected by God in His Abiding Place" and Dominick Matthew, meaning "Gift Who Belongs to the Lord".

In April, we flew out to Missouri and visited Alex's great uncle Victor, who was dying from cancer, and helped tie up some loose ends. Our visit was wonderful, although much to brief, as was our drive back through South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana. I'll just say, our kid is pretty amazing to put up with the long hours sitting that he did! We're pretty proud of him! :) We're so glad we went when we did too, as Uncle Victor went to be with Jesus just a couple weeks later.

May 8th was a VERY exciting day, as cousin Ivy got to come over to spend the day, as she and Xander waited mischievously for their new playmate!!!! Welcome little Asa Victor! You're my favorite nephew!! :p

And latest happening is this......

And we're SO thrilled about it! I'll be 12 weeks on Friday, and we are looking forward to finding out the gender sometime in July. So far so good, so we'll see what the next many months bring. :)

That brings us up to today. I post more regularly on Instagram now. You can follow me at @sarahkhope

Life after Delivery

In celebration of Sanctity of Life Sunday:
In a mother's womb were two babies. One asked the other: "Do you believe in life after delivery?" The other replied, "Why, of course. There has to be something after delivery. Maybe we are here to prepare ourselves for what we will be later." "Nonsense", said the first. "There is no life after delivery. What kind of life would that be?"

The second said, "I don't know, but there will be more light than here. Maybe we will walk with our legs and eat from our mouths. Maybe we will have other senses that we can't understand now."

The first replied, "That is absurd. Walking is impossible. And eating with our mouths? Ridiculous! The umbilical cord supplies nutrition and everything we need. But the umbilical cord is so short. Life after delivery is to be logically excluded."

The second insisted, "Well, I think there is something and maybe it's different than it is here. Maybe we won't need this physical cord anymore."

The first replied, "Nonsense. And moreover if there is life, then why has no one ever come back from there? Delivery is the end of life, and in the after-delivery there is nothing but darkness and silence and oblivion. It takes you nowhere."

"Well, I don't know," said the second, but certainly we will meet Mother and she will take care of us."

The first replied, "Mother? You actually believe in Mother? That's laughable. If Mother exists then where is She now?"

The second said, "She is all around us. We are surrounded by her. We are of Her. It is in Her that we live. Without Her, this world would not and could not exist."

Said the first: "Well, I don't see Her, so it is only logical that She doesn't exist."

To which the second replied, "Sometimes, when you're in silence and you focus and really listen, you can perceive Her presence, and you can hear Her loving voice, calling down from above."

So likewise it is with God.

"Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in Thy presence is fulness of joy; at Thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore."

~ Psalms 16:11 ~