Surprise!

I will not lie to you when I say that my reaction to the positive pregnancy test back in June was less than joyous. It felt as though someone threw a monkey wrench into our plans that we had so dutifully discussed before my husband and I got married. We thought that maybe a couple years from now or after we both finished college or when my husband had a more stable job... that then, would be the "right" time to start having a family. Not to mention the fact, that my husband and I, who although we have been friends for years, were still trying to figure this marriage thing out, let alone how to be a mommy and daddy. I even took another pregnancy test but it only confirmed what the first one said and what my husband already knew, that I was pregnant.

I will say that my attitude toward this whole thing has improved much since my initial reaction but I still wonder if I am ready to partake in a responsibility that I feel have no real training in. Babies unfortunately do not come with instruction manuals and despite how many books one person can read every child is unique. So just as a baby is learning to survive outside the womb, so we too are learning how to care for them. It shall be only by the grace of God that we succeed as we experience a new chapter in our lives.