Light, Love, Hope

Pause. This is something that we all should do at various times in our lives. We are all so busy that we get wrapped up in everything going on that we can miss out on a lot. Think about this. If we would just pause for a minute. If we would take a breath for a minute. We might just discover something we would normally have let pass right by. You see we all have things that we want in our lives. They might be right there in front of us but we are wrapped up so much in being busy with everything we just can’t see that a thing that we have always wanted is right there in front of us. So we should pause for a moment or two and take a good look around us and really see what is there. We might be surprised at what we find. We might just find that one thing that we have always wanted. So pause, take a deep breath, look out at the sky at the wonder and beauty of this earth that God gave us. You never know what you may find.

It’s no secret that I am over-the-moon happy after learning that our family will be blessed with another baby in the year 2019.

I am a firm believer in praying over your family and even your future family members.  I think I’ve written in the past about how I prayed for my oldest daughter to find a man that would treat her like a queen.  Long before she ever met him in college, I was praying for their love and future together.  Now, I pray for their union when they do decide to take that step and for the future babies they will have together, if it is God’s plan for their lives.  I pray for their love to stand the test of time; for them to keep their love alive and as a priority when things of this world pull at them.  I pray that no one nor nothing will ever take them away from each other; that they will be like the tall unbending oak tree with deep roots in the ground where nothing shakes them nor uproots their love for each other.

And I pray for their unborn babies.

While I would never push my wishes upon them or anyone else, if they ever should decide to have children in the future, I will be there to spoil them completely rotten!  If they choose not to have children and prefer to only have the four-legged kind, I will spoil them, too!  (And I have … Fancy, their “rescue” pup is a prime example right this very minute!).

I’m even praying for my youngest daughter’s life so that she will find a lasting love as well.  It is my desire for my children to come to know the kind of love I never really had in this life.  If I had it, it was short lived or fleeting; never a constant.  One time I even told my oldest daughter how happy I was that she found the love of her life.  I’ve watched how he treats her so respectfully and noticed the sparkle he gets in his eye when he looks at her.  My heart grows more fond of him with each passing moment.  My husband got a little offended when he heard me say this, but the truth is the truth.  It’s no secret that we’ve had our share of problems in the past, and if everyone is honest, NO ONE out there has the “perfect” marriage.  Problems crop up in every relationship and marriage from time to time.  It’s how you handle it that matters and keeps you together.

Back to the subject at hand.

I’ve prayed for my niece all of these years, and now I take great pleasure in praying for her “bun” she has in the “oven.”

And in all my prayers, I make sure to give thanks and praises to God above for all of the blessings He has given to us!

“When are you due?” I asked with great anticipation of the date.

“May 12,” my niece replied.

My oldest daughter sat across from me at lunch as I told her of what I had just learned.  I watched her eyes light up as she leaned forward with delight while a huge smile formed across her lips!

Ten weeks and two days. That is how far along my niece is at this point.

I can’t help myself as I am already shopping for this baby!

Neutral colors are a must at this point … but I am drawn to baby blue …

Oh the cute little boy suits … the baseball hats … I could snatch them all off the rack and buy every single one of those cutie patootie outfits!  She really believes she is having a boy, but with us not knowing for certain at this point, I resist the urge  …  to  … buy!

Will it be a boy?

OR

Will it be a girl that we can dress in lace and frills?

I have two girls … and my niece, of course.  So it stands to reason that girls could run in the family.

But what if that doesn’t ring true this time?  We just don’t know … other than what she feels in her heart … and what a psychic medium told me last year.

This is where I will lose a lot of my reading audience, I’m almost sure.  However, I feel the need to risk that and put it out there.

A year ago I went to a psychic medium that my friend in Illinois knows.  She predicted that my niece would come back into my life at some point when she was no longer under the control of her paternal influences.  I was not sure if any of this “reading” was real or would come to pass, but I held on to each word that she spoke with great anticipation.  Hoping.  Wanting.  Almost willing it to be …

Fast forward a little over a year and a half later, and it has come to pass!  My niece is back in my life after moving to be with her boyfriend.

Part of that has come true.  So we wait to see if the other half comes true as well.  What that other half is will remain a secret at this time.