Thankful Thursday:

Difficulties are opportunities to better things; they are stepping stones to greater experience. Perhaps someday you will be thankful for some temporary failure in a particular direction. When one door closes, another always opens.
-- Author Unknown

It's 'Thankful Thursday'! Would you like to know what I am thankful for today? Here it goes...

INFERTILITY!

I bet you weren't expecting me to ever say that! I probably shocked some of you. But, it's true! I am so thankful! Why am I so thankful for such a horrible and devastating lot in life? My children. That's it. If it weren't for infertility, I most likely would not have my 2 beautiful boys.

Sometimes we are dealt with circumstances in our life and question God. Why me? Why do I have to go through this? What am I supposed to be learning from this, Lord? Why does this other person get to have what I dream of & I don't? Why does she get to have a child & she doesn't even take care of it, while we struggle & would give anything to be able to conceive. Yep...I went through all of those emotions, and more, back then. But, the Lord had a plan.

We can't always see His plan or understand His ways...but we need to Trust His Heart.

Brian and I were talking last night about how just 4 years ago it was just the 2 of us. It had been just the 2 of us for 15 yrs. We had many nights of sadness and tears over wanting to be parents. Now, we look back & can hardly remember the pain & suffering. We can hardly remember how life was without our boys!

We went through so much hurt & pain back then. It was hard. It was emotional. But, I wouldn't trade it now. We have 2 beautiful sons that may not have came from Brian and I biologically...but they were born in our hearts. They are treasures. God chose them special for us. He loved us so much that He picked out 2 special children, just for us, to parent.

How can I NOT be Thankful??!!