We started out with EVERYTHING planned!! Hahahaha, I laugh thinking about it now. How FAR off we were with OUR plans!! God had something better in mind! Our plan was to wait three years before having babies. We wanted to get the marriage thing down before throwing ourselves into parenthood right up front. We are so so so so so...so glad that we took that time. Our relationship grew so strong in those years, and the Lord knew we would need the strength of our marriage to get through what was ahead.
I remember before we were married, we talked about kids and how many we wanted. We wanted to have biological children and then adopt. Both of us wanted to adopt. It was neat to know that he wanted to as well! It told me a lot about what kind of heart he had! But then, he had looked at me and said that if it turned out we could not have children, nothing would change. That he was not marrying me so he could have kids. Kids or not, we would be together. Little did I know that I would go back to this conversation MANY times!!
We were told we would not be able to get pregnant without "medical intervention". After time and tests, we had to make the choice to not have medical intervention. The option given to us, went against our moral convictions and not the right choice for us and so we left it in God's hands. This was one of the hardest points of my life. I wanted to have a baby so bad, and at times I was ready to do "whatever it took". But Dan was right there with me. Keeping me grounded and being the solid faithful husband I needed, while I worked through not being able to have a baby.
Dan was the one who kept us focused on our marriage and made sure "we" were together and doing well. Not letting anything come between us, not even infertility! I am so thankful for his strength.
I do blame Dan for my strange obsession for HOCKEY!!! Yep, he is the one to blame!! Can you believe I went to a game dressed as one of the players on the team!! Yep, they put a split screen up on the jumbo screen and I have to say...I got the look pretty close. I also got on TV that night too!!! I know what you are thinking...not Rebekah! Well, it is all because of Dan and I LOVE HIM FOR IT!! (Go Sharks)
I am proud of what Dan does for a living! His job is HARD. I don't know how he does it. Only through the grace of God. He works with troubled youth who need help and he is right there helping them as much as he can. How proud I am to say that he is a social worker and that He is the best one around!
It was a tough road to travel with the adoptions of our AWESOME kids! Dan was right there. and with him being a social worker, he was able to help explain the paperwork side of things. I remember riding in the car to go to court for our Ben, I was going to be testifying, and I was so so so nervous. Dan and I said a prayer together in the car before court and it calmed me. He held my hand and gave it a squeeze when they called me to the stand and I KNOW he was praying for me, the whole time I was in that chair. How wonderful it is to be able to say these kinds of things about my husband.
He is such a great daddy too!! The kids love him and need him and he is right there, for whatever they need. How blessed those kids are to have Dan as their daddy! And I love watching him be one!
The Lord has given us much. We have had loss in our life together, mainly our little sprout this last year, but we have had MANY MANY blessings as well. And Dan is my BIGGEST BLESSING! He loves God, he loves me and he loves our kids.
So I guess this little two part blog was a way for me to count my blessing. The blessing that Dan has given to my life. 11 wonderful years this Saturday!! I love ya babe!
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