Infertility has never been an issue for Greg and I. We were able to get pregnant when we wanted with in a very reasonable amount of time. And while I have never had that issue myself, I do have a very close friend who has. More than anything she wanted to have a family, and deSpite the inability to have a child herself, she and her husband were able to adopt a wonderful child. Whom we all adore. Happy ending, yes, but I saw what her battle to get there was, and I will tell you now that it was a rollercoaster ride. Miscarriages and all, it took a heavy toll on her emotionally. I can only imagine. And on more than one occasion my heart broke for her.
So you can imagine the look on my face and I was watching the TODAY show yesterday, enjoying my coffee, waiting for Keanne and the boys to arrive. There is a couple back east somewhere who were implanted with frozen embryos so that they could have a baby. She was 14 weeks along when the clinic/doctor figured out they had implanted her with someone elses embryos! Wholly Crap...how in the hell do you make that mistake? But with much grace and dignity she has agreed to carry the baby to term and then give the baby boy to the biological parents (who were about ready to try again anyway, as it turns out). That is beyond amazing.
Someday I want to be that amazing. I want to be that thoughtful. I want to be able to be that humble and graceful. I have a long way to go, but knowing that there is someone out there that is that gracious inspires me.
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