Forged in Fire

For the past two years, I’ve lived alongside my wife and our precious daughter. As a family of three, we have grown and evolved in nearly every facet of our lives. 

As I reflect back on these years, I sit back in “awe-struck” fashion, marveling over the beautiful things that have transpired right before my eyes. Amidst the general, sometimes mundane day-to-day, I’ve looked on as my daughter has grown into a strong, brave and hilarious toddler. All the while, I have had the honor of seeing the girl that I fell in love with many years ago transition into an amazing wife and mother – filled with love and courage.

Said reflection has been at a surplus as of late. 

Due in no small part to the fact that in a matter of days, our family of three will become a family of four. 

As we close in on welcoming another precious daughter and sister into our lives, and wrestle with the many emotions that accompany such a change, I can speak for myself in saying that I have been loaded up with gratitude.

There has been a deep level of focus placed on really soaking up the final moments in this chapter of life. Taking extra steps to prioritize time with both my wife and daughter, planning purposeful undivided moments, and deeply focusing on my presence throughout this time. 

A sense of sadness can (and often does, per some basic research) take over an adult couple in the days leading up to the birth of their second child. I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t experienced something similar – because I have. It’s a unique form of emotion though – not in any way associated with the blessing that is adding to our growing family, but instead attached to the understanding that life as we’ve known it for a good deal of time is soon going to be flipped on its head. A season of life has come and gone in what seems like the blink of an eye.

That said, such a sporadic feeling is far outweighed by the overwhelming thankfulness that consumes me on a daily basis. 

To even begin to conceptualize how I’ve been blessed by such a tremendous life is a tall-task. 

Life has its ways of bobbing and weaving. Tossing us about in a sea of unknown waters and testing every piece of our being. We can easily be overcome by the late-night thoughts and the thumbing through old photos and videos – thinking to ourselves that things are moving at such a rapid pace – and, they are. 

 But – beyond all of that, at the depths of all that stands before us, speaking specifically for my own family, is an existence filled to the brim with wonder and glory. Thanks fully due to God’s will and the favor he has shown us. 

As we approach this new chapter of our story, I can do nothing but send up endless tokens of praise and appreciation.

Life is good, indeed.

Forge on. 

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