Our family has had it's share of additions the last few years. When the boys got married we gained two awesome daughter-in-laws. I really think of them more as daughters than in-laws. A few years later, our birth daughters married two great guys within a year of each other. Bonus! More sons!
Now the addition has become multiplication and we are waiting on grandchildren. One son+wife is awaiting referrals for adoption while the other son+wife is going through the first pregnancy in our family in over 20 years. I'm anxious about both; excited to meet the ones God has picked out for us to love; excited to meet the baby girl (we found out yesterday) who will be our first grandchild by birth.
We have one little one in heaven already. His/her name is Scout. We never got to know this one. Scout was in heaven by the time anyone knew Scout had been created. I like to believe that my grandmother is caring for this wee one till heaven is complete.
We get to hold Victoria Rose late this summer. She's already kicking her momma. I realized this morning that she will come into this world with a lot of my own circumstances. She is the first born in her family and a girl. That makes for a strong woman. She is the first grandchild for one set of grandparents. That makes for a lot of attention. She has older boy cousins on the other side. She'll annoy the crap out of them but they will love and protect her. She has grandmothers who have overcome obstacles in life. When she's old enough to understand, it will give her strength. She has grandpas who love God. This will be a beacon of light.
So in a tiny way, I feel like I know her already and even now my heart sees her as a dark beauty with a fierce heart like her parents. Rest and grow dear Tori. You'll come into a crazy world that is changing so fast it makes our heads spin, but you're coming to parents who will love and protect you, and who trust in a God who does the same.
