Twenty-Week Thanks.

Twenty weeks! Thank You, God, for twenty weeks of life, of growth, of persistent heartbeats that only You can hear. Of toddler laughs and cries and screams and whispers that come at belly-level and tie a cord between siblings; of soft, practicing, getting-stronger kicks that tie a cord between Baby and (soon-to-be-both) parents. Of bumps, all kinds; especially the kind that now I cannot miss, I cannot forget, and as before I cannot begin to imagine life without. But I pray that life without will come in good time, and as Your time is always perfect, Lord, please help me bear these next twenty weeks with patience and with thanks.