Love you forever

I feel like every woman in my life is pregnant right now. This leads me to spend a lot of time in the children's sections of Barnes & Noble (there is not a better bookstore, in my opinion) picking out all of my favorite kid/baby books. It is amazing how these little stories bring back so many memories for me. Sigh. It also makes me very self-conscious hoping that people do think it is me expecting. Oh the trials and tribulations of being fat!

I was having a bit of an emotional day with my sister being in the hospital for abnormal bleeding while pregnant. She was sent home to rest and hope for the best. We did find out that she's having a baby BOY, Alexander Nicholas. We weren't supposed to know the gender until Thanksgiving, but thanks to today's scare we know. A very small positive from a nasty day for my sister. (I, personally, love knowing. I was about to explode wondering if I was getting a niece or nephew. I HATE surprises almost as much as I hate cinnamon.) In good news, my mom was able to get down to spend sometime with my sister so that her husband can continue to go to work. My mom is blessed with a very flexible sales job (and let's face it: she's darn good at her job and they'd be lost without her so they better let her have a day or two off!) so she headed down to Evansville as soon as she could. I would sure appreciate your prayers for my sister and baby Alexander.

As I said, I was having an emotional day (it doesn't help that I'm just days away from that time of the month!) and then I went to the bookstore. I was shopping for a certain children's book and found it. I was just exiting the section when the book, "Love You Forever" caught my eye. I LOVE this book. I read it right there in the store. All 7 pages or so. :) Anyway, if you haven't read the book- read it. It is such a sweet little story about the cycle of life. I was in tears in the middle of Barnes & Noble. I think I just needed to let all of today's madness flow out of me. I bought the book that I cried on and headed home to do homework.

That's life. There are ups, there are downs, there are positives and there are negatives, but we're still here and that's what matters. God is still good.