I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We had a wonderful time at the Lowell homestead (the home where I was raised) for Thanksgiving.
Let me tell you about these two ladies.
The lovely lady on the left is my first born, Bree. On the right is my beautiful daughter-in-law Erika (currently pregnant with twin girls). Bree is married to Matthew, they will be celebrating their second wedding anniversary next week. Bree and Matt would love more than anything to have a child of their own, but after trying for almost two years, many doctors appointments, tests and a recent trip to a fertility clinic, they have found out that it is not possible. Not without serious intervention and A LOT of money. They are heartbroken and I am (we all are) heartbroken for them. Because Erika is very pregnant (and it should be noted that she herself had to wait 5 years to be pregnant), we were all a little guarded and sensitive to both women and their feelings around the current situation. Thanksgiving would be the first time they would see each other in months. Although hard at first, the love they have for each other combined with the understanding Erika has of fertility problems helped melt away any hard feelings and sadness; LOVE overcame all. We don't know what lies ahead for Bree and Matt. What I know and witnessed is that love prevails. Every day and night I pray for a miracle as I did for Andy and Erika. My prayers for Bree are now being knitted into this prayer shawl.
I chose green as it signifies fertility, growth, health and healing. The yarn I'm using is super chunky. It's SO warm, I'm going to miss knitting it as it keeps me very warm and cozy. My hope is she'll wrap herself in it with her favorite cup of herbal tea and her books and her three kitties and know that God is with her. Patience is not something my Bree has ever had a lot of, but she is gaining it more and more these days. I'm so proud of her and her strength.
I hope this post isn't too depressing because I (and our whole family) really do have a lot of hope for Bree and Matt and the future of their family.
I hope you are all well and I can't wait to see what you all have been working on lately.
Reading:
Still Reading Written In My Own Heart's Blood, but also have brought out my treasured copy of The Greatest Gift by Ann Voskamp. I love Advent.
Joining Ginny
