Dear Child

Dear Child,

Hi! Right now you are resting in my womb as Christ is busy knitting you together. You are growing and while we are not quite to the half-way point yet you are almost there. So far a lot of growing and forming has taken place. Not only for you, for your parents as well.

In the past 17 weeks we have been busy preparing ourselves for your arrival. We can't wait to meet you and hold you, to kiss you, hug you, count your fingers and toes, and take care of all your needs. You are our first, and a joy.

I do feel like I should warn you of some things. As overjoyed and in love with you as we already are, we can't protect you from everything. We will do our best with the resources God gives us each day to provide for you what we can. We can promise to smother you in love! You will not want for affection! Eventually you will probably get tired of us telling you we love you, hugging you and kissing you.

We are trusting God to provide what we can't. We are trusting God even now to provide a medical provider, to help you grow healthy and whole in my womb, to knit a baby that will grow up to love and serve Him.

On that end, we are dedicated to reading to you from HIS word, to praying for and with you, to raising you in a church that loves and serves our Lord, that will help us to raise you to know HIM.

In the end it will be your decision to choose or reject Him. It will be your decision to choose your attitude each day, to be obedient, respectful and loving. It will be your choice what you make of yourself. Life is full of responsibility, full of choices. Life can be a struggle. It isn't easy.

Life is also amazingly wonderful! There are so many little joys to be found, you just have to choose to find them. Life is full of big joys as well. You will learn to read, write, do math, play sports, you will pick a career, you will meet someone, and hopefully like us, you will chose to have a child.

But that is all FAR in the future! For now, we are just anxious to meet you. To lavish on you the love that we already have. Oh, and what goes on during LABOR is normal, so just hurry up through the birth canal please!! I'm just glad that while I'll probably remember the experience, you won't have to!

All my love,
Your Mom