Someone very smart told me something this weekend that I had never thought about. Sometimes we spend our lives wondering why things happen to us. These words from a birth mother opened my eyes to why some of us struggle with infertility. She said that if everyone was able to have children and no one ever had to deal with infertility, who would take care of the children whose parents don't have the means or ability to take care of them. She was so right. As I talked to George about this statement later that evening, I realized that it takes people of great character and strength to enter the world of adoption and I think the trials brought on by infertility prepare these couples to step into that world. They are wonderful people who have been given a huge trial but who I think also receive a huge blessing. I never thought of infertility as a blessing before or as a privilege.
I'm thankful to this sister for opening my eyes and my heart a little bit more this weekend. George and I still don't know where this path will take us but I realize that maybe we're blessed to experience the trial that we do.
