Happy Birthday Aria!
What a huge milestone to reach! Year 1 complete! What a huge miracle that Aria is for us and blessing from God. We recognize that no one is guaranteed children, even if they want them badly. We know that just because you get pregnant and give birth doesn't mean that your baby will be healthy and live. We know that tragedy can strike at any moment of anyone's life because nothing in this life is guaranteed. Nothing. But as humans, especially Christians, we believe that if we do certain things a certain way, we will get our way. What a rude awakening Brandon and I had after we lost Emerie and then following her death, miscarrying Elie. So it wasn't until we saw a heartbeat for Aria that we possibly saw a glimmer of hope at the end of the long tunnel of pregnancy and suffering. When she was born and she cried immediately, the flood gates opened, my heart expanded even bigger than I ever could imagine, yet it also broke a little bit more knowing that our lives...