Inspiration

Between the amount of people that I know that are pregnant, the amount of babies being born around me (or too far away from me), and the fact that Jeremy and I are now the only kids in both of our families that don't have a little one of our own, let's just say the thought has crossed my mind! Let's face it, when you're dating, everyone wants to know how serious it is and when the big day is. Once you are married, everyone wants to know when the babies are going to start coming! Jeremy and I have no regrets about waiting to start our family. We are completely content where we are right now. There are so many things we want to do before the little ones come, when it becomes more difficult to just pick up and go somewhere, or those Saturday mornings (or every morning) become earlier and earlier! But with the thoughts that go through my head and the conversations him and I have together, I stumbled upon this site and it really stuck with me...

"Ladies, there will come a day when your husband walks in the door and you do not turn around. You will be preoccupied with filling up sippy cups and wiping booties. You will shout over the running bath water, “Hey! Glad you’re home.” But it won’t mean what it used to mean. It won’t be full of eager anticipation to spend time together. It will be full of expectations to aid in the demands of the family. “Glad you’re home,” will more properly translate, “Thank God for two extra hands to help me.” And “Praise the Lord I might get five minutes alone.”

Ladies, there will come a day when you spend every last ounce of yourselves on your children. The demands of life and the babies will come before any other priority. What little of yourself you have left at the end of the day will be used to crawl into bed before someone is awake to need you again. The thought of doing anything else after the children are asleep will sound impossible and your handsome husband’s happy smile had better mean he is willing to get up with the baby and nothing more. 

The husband that once completed your heart will be just one more person who needs you. The charming things that you fell for will go unnoticed. The daily grind will become expected. 

But Ladies, when Mommy becomes your name, remember this man. Remember that you are his wife. Remember how much you love and appreciate him in this moment. Remember his dedication to your family. Remember his love and devotion to you. And then, when the days are long and you need a break, fall into his arms.

Remember each other. Remember the two that made the family. Let the Lord lead you both together. Because when the days are endless and the hours short, it will only be His love who keeps you together. It will only be His mercy that gently guides your hearts as one. Hold tightly to one another, and even more tightly to the Lord. There is no greater adventure for you to experience and no greater gift than to walk through parenthood with your best friend.  You are a team. Every single day."

I want to be this. I want this for Jeremy & I when that next chapter begins for us.