Friends

Yesterday, a friend brought me helpful items for my pregnancy. She also told me that she and one of her best friends, also a friend of mine, put together a list for first-time parents that she would send me. And she said she would mark on it the things that she has already that she will be giving me. What’s more, when I showed her our guest room that had been reconfigured to become a baby room, and I mentioned that the bed in it, of course, would be relaxed at some point by a crib, she said that she has a crib we can have. She apparently has two, but only one child is still using one. So, we can basically pick which we want and have it. We just need to get a mattress for it, as she only has one of those.

Today, another friend very kindly gave me backup medical supplies, should we need them on another day like yesterday turned out to be, and then made food for me to have this afternoon. They were random requests, but she was totally game and did them for me. Unfortunately, she used smoked meat for the green beans, and smoke is a smell I can not tolerate right now. So, the green beans didn’t work out. But the French toast did and was very helpful.

I am just very grateful for the help and obvious love of friends.

Thank you, God, for friends. Thank you for the love you have shared with me through them. Help release me from this nausea, please, that I grow and nourish this baby while also preparing our beautiful home for its arrival. Help me to rest appropriately while also being productive with our home while I am home this summer, please. Grant me freedom from this nausea, that I may grow this baby with joy and gratitude, along with my humbleness. Because I have been humbled. Thank you for this all. And heal me from the nausea and bloating, please. Keep my husband safe, please. In your name, I pray. Amen.

Post-a-day 2024