I wrote this story for Caroline on her 6th birthday-- enjoy this story of how God used infertility (and miscarriage, but I left that part out of this version) to grow our faith and give us a greater trust in Him.
There once was a boy and a
girl. They were married and had a
yellow dog. But they really, really
wanted to have children. They
prayed and prayed for God to give them a baby, but had to wait a long time. The girl’s sister had two babies while
she had to wait. It was hard to
wait so long. She wanted to be
happy for her sister and other friends who had babies, but it just made her
pain in waiting so much harder to see babies come into the world while she didn’t
have one. She started thinking “Maybe
God doesn’t want to give me a baby, maybe I won’t ever be a Mom with children.” She couldn’t bear the thought. All her life she had dreamed of one day
being a Mommy, and it made her sick with sadness to think that her dream wouldn’t
come true.
The couple went to see
several doctors who tried to help them.
The girl had a surgery that was very painful. She went to see a doctor who had her drink yucky tea and
medicine every single day. She had
needles places into her body every week for hours at a time. She felt like a pincushion with all of
the needles and blood tests. It
only made her sadder and more hopeless.
Then after several years, the
girl’s good friend came to her with some news. She said “I came to tell you what God has said—He says to
stop. Stop trying to do this on
your own. Just rest in Him and let
Him have control. Stop trying to
do something only God can do.
Wait for Him.”
So the couple waited. They started learning to trust God and wait for
Him to do what only He can do.
They stopped seeing the doctors and taking the medicine and learning
everything they could about how to have a baby. And they found out some wonderful news soon after this—they
were expecting a baby!!!!!
In December, a little baby
girl would be born! Oh, the
joy!!!! They painted a room pink,
they bought pink baby clothes and blankets, they bought a crib and a rocking
chair. Their friends threw parties
for them and gave them gifts for the new baby and wrote the baby little
notes. Everyone was so excited for
this baby girl to come!!!!
The girl grew bigger and
bigger and the months passed by.
After nine months of pregnancy (and over three years of waiting for a
child), Caroline Violet was born!!!
She was beautiful!! Her
parents cried huge tears of joy when she was born. The new mommy and daddy thanked God over and over for the
beautiful gift He had given them. There had never been a more special,
beautiful, and loved baby in the whole world.
Caroline was welcomed by
lots of friends—when she and her mommy were still in the hospital, many people
came to see her and bring gifts for the new family. And after they got home, people brought food and more
gifts. She was a very blessed baby
girl.
Caroline is not a baby
anymore. She is growing up every single
day and is still the most special, beautiful and loved little girl in the whole
world. She smiles and loves and is
a wonderful daughter, sister and friend.
She loves to color and draw pictures for people. She is a wonderful reader and loves to
learn in school and at home. She
loves Jesus and accepted Him into her heart this past year. She is kind and loving. She is a blessing from God who was so
worth waiting for.
Happy 6th
Birthday Caroline!!!
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