Goodness...

Overall I think this has been one of the best weekends we’ve had since losing Lily. Started out on Friday when I came home from work and my mom surprised me with a donation to Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep in honor of Lily. We got a beautiful card in the mail which was such a nice way to be reminded of all the ripple effects her life continues to have and the way that she is inspiring positive impacts in this world. Then Friday night my husband got an incredibly kind e-mail from his mom reminding us of our strengths and all of the incredible support we are surrounded by, which helped to ease my fears and bring some peace to the anxiety I was feeling about the next day.

Then Saturday we got to come face to face with our donor family, it was wonderful! We had a great time getting to know each other and showed them around town a bit, what little there is to show in Kansas:) We got lots of awesome cuddle time & love in with their daughter, she has an amazing little personality and got along brilliantly with our dogs. She found them to be quite entertaining and we had the joy of hearing the sound of her adorable belly laughs as she watched them. It was the sound of what this house is missing and what hopefully it will hold again in the coming year.

After talking with the donor family’s clinic this week, we are planning for transfer to occur the beginning of December. We continue to be in awe that everything is falling into place perfectly. Before they left last night, the donor mother gave me the necklace she wore throughout her treatment cycle; she said she wanted to pass on the good fortune it had brought her, and that she often held tight to it during the ups and downs of their IVF cycle. It is a circle that has the word hope written in script over & over again, a reminder of what to hold to in the coming months. I added it to the chain that I wear Lily’s rings on and I will continue the tradition just as she did of wearing it until our treatment is complete, and hopefully that same good fortune will bless us. I believe it already has by bringing them into our lives, as many of you commented with my last post I am reminded that there really is so much goodness left in this world.

Lastly, this morning as I caught up on the bloggers I follow I, was over joyed to see that my good friend at Find Joy Now has brought her son home. She has been an incredible support to me throughout these past few months, and I hope you’ll join me in celebrating with her today that her long awaited child is finally in her arms.