If you have followed my blog for very long you know my daughter Courtney is pregnant.

Here she is at 31 weeks………..

 

 

I can’t tell you how crazy it is to watch your daughter go through a pregnancy.

I still see her as a little girl playing dress up with her baby dolls

and now she’s going to have a REAL baby!

So many times during her pregnancy when her body has been changing,

she has looked at me with her big brown eyes and asked, “Mom, why didn’t you tell me?”

I’ve looked at her and said, “How could I tell you everything?”

Would any of us ever get pregnant?

It’s a journey, an amazing, miraculous, journey!

And all of us who are mothers, know that pregnancy is just the beginning of the journey.

So how do I tell her everything about this journey she’s embarking on?

~How do I tell her that the moment they place that precious baby boy in her arms

she will feel a love that she has never felt before?

~How do I tell her the joy she will experience as she watches this child crawl and then walk and then run?

~How do I tell her the feeling of hearing her baby say “MaMaMaMa” for the first time?

~How do I tell her the panic she will feel the first time her baby boy runs a fever?

~How do I tell her that he will grow quickly, and sooner than she is ready,

he will start school and her heart will ache as he leaves for his first day of kindergarden?

~How do I tell her she will spend many hours on her knees praying for protection as he begins to drive?

~How do I tell her what it feels like for her child to leave home and head to college after 18 years?

~How can I ever begin to tell her the love a Mama has for her child?

We as Mothers know it is a journey.

Courtney, my sweet daughter, you are embarking on the most amazing journey of your life…………..

It’s called Motherhood and I would not have missed it for the world!

“Don’t you see that children are God’s best gift? the fruit of the womb his generous legacy?” Psalm 127:3 The Message

*Courtney has been blogging about being a new wife and soon-to-be mother. You can find her blog here.
I’m sure she would love for you to stop by and say hello!
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Walking in His Grace,

 

Now it’s time for Encouraging Words Wednesday Linky Party!

We all need a little encouragement so each Wednesday I’m having a linky party.

If you have a post on marriage, parenting, faith, or anything that will encourage us then join in!

All you have to do is enter the direct link from your post into the linky tool below!

Please add a link back to my blog in your post so others can join in,

and be courteous and visit some other blogs and leave them some comment love.