May 12, 1980, my husband was born, three months to the day after me. We have known each other since Kindergarten but our love didn't blossom until we were planning our 10 year class reunion from Todd County Central High School.
Since our wedding on April 2, 2010, we have been blessed with two awesome daughters, Lola, 4, and Shelton, 3. The past few months, since September 2015, Matthew and I have lost a grandfather each and I lost my grandmother. The months have been filled with lots of sorrow, times of explaining to our daughters what death was, an Earthly separation from our loved ones and a Heavenly reunion one day. The last loss was the hardest on me, my sweet grandmother, Nanny. She meant a lot to me and was the first person I would call when I needed to tell something to. She cheered me on, when others didn't seem to care, she would drop anything to be there for me. She was awesome. So, when she died, a huge part of me died with her. What made it harder was the first loss was my grandfather, her husband of over 60 years. Their marriage was not perfect, but they were perfect for each other.
When my grandmother died, I knew a secret I could not tell anyone, Matthew knew, but no one else did. I knew that I was expecting our 3rd child, 6 months of trying for this blessing, 6 months of heartbreak of losing grandparents. I was so excited but, I couldn't tell anyone. I didn't want to get my hopes up and have them fall again by another heartbreak.
My grandmother died on Palm Sunday, ironically she was born on Thanksgiving, and got married on Christmas. She had a way of being special with all she did.
On April 2, 2016, I returned home from a quick trip to the beach with my girls, mom and sister. I finally got brave enough to take a pregnancy test. It was positive, what a way to start our Anniversary. Because it was so early, we didn't want to tell anyone. We didn't even tell the girls, because, Little Ears have Big Mouths. So now, when do we tell others?!!? We must make it special, after all, we are getting a blessing after a big storm.
