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Re: if i'm nice to the baby...From: Barbara (anonymous@obgyn.net)Thu, 30 Nov 2000 00:03:28 -0600 (CST)
At Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Elle wrote: > >Dear Jodi, > >Thank you for your honesty in your post. I was thinking and asking God >some questions about some stuff the other day and an interesting analogy >came to mind that I think you might appreciate. > >You know how a surgeon puts a little balloon in part of our bodies, >expanding the tissue and skin around it to make way for something that >they are about to do? Well, I think life continues to put little >balloons in our life, expanding our spirits, to make room for greater >things. If we fight it, we never grow enough for God to place something >in our lives. In other words, you use this experience to love a little >baby in your life, regardless of your relationship to it, and it leaves >room for something amazing to happen in your life. We are all faced >with opportunities to learn and grow, and maybe, just maybe, those >experiences are like balloons in our spirit, making room for a greater, >even more wonderful event. > >I wish you all the best. Oh, yes, and purple is a fantastic colour for >a child (it inspires creativity). > >Much love, > >-- >Elle > >At Wed, 29 Nov 2000, jodi wrote: >> >>this is kind of another funny/silly thing from me... >> >>my brother's girlfriend is having a baby. i found out about this back >>in august, which is also when i found out i have PCOS... it was kind of >>a sick ol' slap in the face. i find out i've got a disease that might >>make me infertile... at the same time i find out my (single) brother is >>expecting an unplanned baby. ain't life fun???? >> >>so due to my own personal issues, i've felt less than enthused about the >>event. i just could not get excited over a forthcoming baby when i knew >>i might never get to experience that joy myself. i couldn't even bring >>myself to go to the baby shower a few weeks ago. i know a lot of you >>can relate so please don't look down too much on my selfishness :( >> >>so. on thanksgiving i meet the girlfriend for the first time... and >>surprise! i like her. she's quiet but seems very sweet. i'm a bit of a >>shy little twerp myself so we didn't talk much but i think i like her. >>anyone who can put up with my brother deserves credit for that much at >>least!!! :) >> >>so i was knitting something that day - nothing in particular, i love to >>knit, sometimes i just start knitting to keep my hands busy - and my >>brother said, why don't you make a blanket for the baby? and i was like >>ok... so i asked his gf her favorite color and she said purple. and i >>said cool, cuz i love purple. and i have been knitting a blanket now >>since saturday and it's about half down. it's two strands of yarn >>together through out so it;ll be very warm which is good cuz it's gonna >>be a december or january baby. i knid of thought the color might be bad >>- i went with purple cuz SHE likes purple, and i picked a dark purple >>cuz pastel baby colors make me ill - but my mother says it's good, it >>won't show dirt. >> >>so lately i've been thinking, hmmmm... i should look on this baby as a >>chance to improve my knitting. i have a bad habit of starting projects >>which i never finish due to either losing interest cuz they take too >>long (i can't tell you how many backs of sweaters i've made), or because >>i stopped for a while and forgot where i was , or because i dropped a >>stich and i have a bad habit of junking a project if it won't be >>perfect. >> >>well, baby things would be nice and small so i could finish before >>losing interest. i think it'll be great practice for me. >> >>the blanket so far is perfect, not a single dropped stich or mistake >>that i can see. :) >> >>but i have to admit, in the back of my head, i think there's the thought >>that if i'm really nice to this baby god will be nice to me and make my >>PCOS not make me hopelessly infertile. >> >>weather that is true or not... this baby's gonna have a lot of >>handknitted items. i just may knit myself into a coma this winter. :) >> >>- jodi >
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