Not long ago, I was mindlessly scrolling on Facebook, and one profile turned into another. Before long, I had been creeping on people I hadn’t talked to in over 20 years. You’ve been there. You know what I’m talking about. Well, one profile was of another woman a couple of grades older than me in high school; I always admired her. That admiring turned into slight jealousy, though, when I crept on her Facebook page and learned she had five kiddos. Five. Wow. I don’t want five, but I thought about how nice it must be to have your body operate like that.
The Lord must have noticed my disappointment in the difference in how our lives have turned out because it wasn’t long after that I received a message from her. She wanted to thank me for my ministry, which has helped her more than she can express. I stopped reading for a moment and thought… me? The one who has an infertility ministry, and you who have five kids?
But it was further in her message that stopped me in my tracks. Yes, she has five kids that I can see, but she has more that I cannot. Unfortunately, she lost several before doctors were able to pinpoint why.
Sigh. Deep Sigh.
In case you have missed the point of this, there it was, the lesson I’m constantly learning. We never know the mountains others have climbed or the obstacles people have pushed through to get to where they are now. Their lives could seem perfect, but we don’t know their heartaches or prayers that went unanswered in the way they had hoped. As the old saying goes, just because their shoes look nice doesn’t mean they don’t walk around with holes in their socks.
My name is Elisha, and I am the founder of Waiting for Baby Bird Ministries, which first began as an infertility blog in 2013. I know the struggle of infertility and loss as me and my husband have been married for 17 years, and despite the last 12 of those years unsuccessfully being able to conceive due to PCOS. However, we continue to stay positive as we believe the Lord for a miracle. However, despite my womb remaining empty after my miscarriage in 2012, my arms have not. In 2017, my husband and I adopted a little girl, now 13, after spending 1,273 days in foster care. My mission is to share my story to inspire and breathe hope into other women facing similar circumstances.
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