Weekend

This weekend will be my nephews first birthday party and I am so excited. The circumstances surrounding his birth are hard to think about and reflect on, but in my opinion are a reflection of God’s love for us. My nephew was born with a severe case of phenomena and within hours of his birth had to be transferred from his birth hospital to the Children’s Hospital (luckily only 15 min apart). It was all very scary and the little boy ended up spending the next 13 days in the Infant ICU. Around day 8 in the hospital one of the nurses mistook me for his mom (he came out with brown hair so lots of people thought that), I was there to visit him after work and his mom and dad were taking a much needed rest. The nurse looked at me and said “ you know, it was really close with this little guy, really close, there were lots of times when we thought we were going to lose him” . That statement made my heart drop. All along I had been praying and praying and was just so certain that he would be okay because I had asked God, in my mind there had been no real possibility of ever losing him until she said that to me. In the end, the fact that he made it is a testament to how great God is. Anyway, so here we are, almost one year later and my little nephew is doing great. He is very big for his age and incredibly coordinated, he started walking at 9 months and by now is starting to run. I love that little guy to pieces and cherish every single moment I have with him. I’m sure I will miss him most of all when it’s time to leave for the Peace Corps.