How I have longed to write this post. Here we go. I’M PREGNANT! Here’s the story. Late December I was grumpy and achy. Waited for my period. January arrived. She was a no show. Weird. I must be starting some irregular thing I supposed. BUT just in case, I’m gonna stop at the Dollar Store for a test. Then Ella and I drove across the street to Hobby Lobby. And I peed on this tiny little test. As it turns out I didn’t follow the directions. They are serious when they say to pee in a cup and use the dropper. So we got back in the car. Got another test. I stood in a different line this time and wondered if the other cashier would recognize me. Then Ella and I went food shopping at Publix and we headed to Sarah’s house so I could perform this test properly.
We waited like thirty seconds. Sarah said, “Well?” There were two bright pink lines. I dropped to my knees and Sarah’s mouth dropped to the floor. She was speechless for the first time and I just kept repeating, “Five! Five! Five! Five!"
Sarah sent me home with prenatal vitamins. I planned on telling Billy before dinner. His car pulled up and I stuck the pregnancy test in my pocket. I was cooking dinner and putting away all the groceries. He laid his lunch bag on the counter and said, “What’s this?” Crap. I forgot to hide the prenatal vitamins! So I handed him the news that I hid in my pocket. “I was hoping you were,” was his reaction.
I have waited to blog out of fear of something going wrong. It’s taken me a long time to wrestle with so many thoughts. God continues to work them out for me.
