So I saved this post as number three in this series and saved it for last because I wanted some time to try to put together my feelings. I hope that I’m able to properly express my feelings. Saturday and the entire weekend could not have been more perfect in my opinion.
As David and I made the decision last September that we would no longer see any more doctors in trying to become parents I never dreamed that our happiness would come so quickly and so beautifully. Joy truly has been the greatest blessing in our lives. I believe so strongly that she has been worth the wait that we’ve had. She brightens every day in our home. She brings a sense of energy, excitedness, happiness, laughter, and intrique to our home that wasn’t their previously. Her smiles are infectious, her giggles are hilarious. It seems so trite to say that we love her, as I feel that love doesn’t describe the deep feelings of caring and adoration that we have for her. Many times we have been told how blessed this little girl is to be in our lives and a part of our family. David and I were very puzzled by this comment at first. We feel that it is our lives that have been so deeply blessed by her.
Saturday was a gorgeous sunny day. We couldn’t have asked for better weather here in the Pacific Northwest. The drive to the temple was started with prayer. I drove up with April and Mary and Joy. We had some great visiting time and I very much enjoyed the peace that accompanied us throughout the morning. We arrived nice and early at the temple and enjoyed some time to take early pictures of us as a family and with some friends. (Thank you to those that helped in bringing our paperwork to the temple when we had forgotten. I immediatedly was back at ease knowing that it was all in capable hands). The sealing was beautiful. I will never forget the feeling of sitting in the sealing room, seeing the forever in those mirrors, watching our family and friends file in. As I watched all of this and then heard the wonderful sound of my daughter coming down the hall with grandma is when the tears started. When my mother handed her to me the feelings that I had of “this is the moment that we were creating forever for our family” were amazing. She looked up and just stared at her daddy for a fair amount of time. She really does love him so much. The feelings that were there in the temple were beautiful and I am so grateful for all of it. I don’t feel that I can properly express my feelings. I sit here with tears in my eyes, full of gratitude for the opportunity to have the blessing of the sealing power on this earth. We have been given the greatest gift imaginable. To be given a child when we were unable to create this for ourselves, the Lord stepped in and gave us our wonderful Joy. How could we ever thank our Heavenly Father enough to let us have this precious child in our home and lives. We feel that Joy is so special. There is something about her that draws people to her and we love that about her.
Joy is precious, Joy is happy, Joy is beautiful, and most importantly Joy is ours!
