Mother's Day, My Birthday, and Teacher Appreciation

These are 3 reasons why I love May.....Mother's Day, My Birthday, and Teacher Appreciation Week. I have been showered with tons of gifts, food, sweet cards, and emails over the past few weeks. It has been so nice!

My 1st Mother's Day was sort of sad...I had a 102 degree fever for most of the day and was quarrantined away from Beau. I did start to feel better that afternoon and Beau and I got to go Target for an outing. We always have a good time there! Rodney gave me the book, The Power of a Praying Parent, the short version :o). It has little prayers that you can pray over your children daily. It has been such a blessing to use it to help cover Beau in prayer every morning before I go to work. (by the way, only 5 more days of work to go!!!!)

I was reminded on Mother's Day of this verse, "For this child I prayed, and the LORD granted my request." 1 Samuel 1:27 Rodney and I prayed for 4 months for this child before the Lord answered our prayers and blessed us with a wonderful pregnancy with Beau. On the 3rd month that we had not gotten pregnant, Rodney and I went to our Church's 21 days of Prayer that was in August of 06. We prayed and sought the Lord for 21 days and believed with all of hearts that in August we would be pregnant. But, that was not the Lord's plan for us in August 06. I remember crying in the bathroom at school/work when I realized we were not pregnant. I gathered myself enough to tell the Lord that Rodney and I would still praise him, no matter what, and went back to my classroom to teach the rest of the day. Rodney and I were devasted that day, but the Lord definitely gave us the strength that we needed to still pray and believe for a child. On the 4th month, September 06, I took a pregnancy test and it came back negative. I was upset, but remained hopeful. Rodney and I went to church that night and during prayer time, I felt the presence of the Lord all around us. I felt like the Lord told me that we were pregnant, no matter what the test said. I can not explain accurately what happened next, but I had a sense of the Lord saying "Here is the child you prayed for", and felt Him extend His hand to my stomach. I did not tell Rodney about that experience for fear that he would think I was crazy. (Which is not how he would have received it, but I was scared). For the next 2 nights I had dreams of taking a pregnancy test and it being positive, so Rodney and I went to the store and bought the exact test that I had seen in my dreams. I took the test 3 days after my Wednesday night church experience, and it was positive! We were overjoyed and so thankful for the Lord's provision and faithfulness. The Lord blessed me with a great pregnancy and delivery. I have loved every minute of being Beau's mom and am so excited about the opportunity I have to spend more time with him in just a few days.