Natural Family Planning can be challenging and scary. When you are naturally trying to space out your children you are open to the fact that God can intervene at any moment even when you think you aren’t ready.

So when I saw that positive test I spent most of last Friday in a fog.

I was terrified.

How could I possibly manage another and so close in age to Mercedes?

Then I realized something: this baby was 100% God’s decision. We had been following all the rules and yet we were still given this new life. There was no decision to second guess because it was never my decision. Knowing God intervened and believed we were capable of accepting another member into our family and entrusting this new soul to us brought me immense peace. I know it won’t be easy and I know there will be days where I’ll ask “why?!”, but I also know that this little one will be 100% loved and bless our family in ways I never thought possible.

(Plus we have plenty of room to share in our new 15 passenger van)

#luckynumber7 #anIrishtwinforSadie