— Who is Sarah — Our Story — My Family —
Cheesy proposals and faith
I met my husband in 2008 on eHarmony. It’s a long story, but eventually he proposed over a big block of cheese (no, really!) and we sealed the deal 5 months later in March of 2010.
One of the hardest nights of our relationship *pre-marriage* was when I shared my first story of loss with him. In 1998, I had experienced my first miscarriage and a doctor in the ER told me that I would likely never have children.
My then-boyfriend’s response? I don’t remember his exact words, but it was something like:
“That’s crap. God makes babies. If He wants us to have babies, we’ll have babies.”
From then on, I began to have faith and pray that God would indeed bless me with babies. It had been many years of believing the opposite, but there was something about my pre-husband that built my faith like never before.
Many Losses, Many Blessings
We didn’t want to have babies right away, so we waited, enjoyed each other, and prayed for a family in the future.
When we started getting close to “the right time” to start trying to conceive, I worked hard to prep my body. I spent a few months focusing on eating nutritiously, exercising, and ceasing all over-the-counter and prescription medications.
Then – we gave it a try. (Not a difficult task if I’m being completely transparent!)
And, we nailed it on our first try. We were pregnant.
But, just over 5 weeks into the pregnancy, I miscarried.
That was December 28, 2011. We tried again in 2012 and miscarried. We tried again in 2013 and miscarried.
In 2014, we decided to give it one last try. This time, our Baby Boy stuck and he was born in the early summer of 2015.
These 3 miscarriages in 3 years were devastating for us marked by many tears, prayers, and anguished yells with fists raised and anger flying.
Yet, these 3 years were also marked with tremendous faith, growth, and blessing after blessing. We learned so much!
I could never fit it all into just a few paragraphs (that’s why I’m writing this website!) but I will say that God gave us so many amazing nuggets about His character, His unconditional love, a true faith in Him and His real promises, His Church, and much more.
I will never say that I’m glad my husband and I experienced so much pain during this journey. But I will say that I like who I am after walking through it.
— Who is Sarah — Our Story — My Family —