Sunday, September 6, 2009

Humbled by a Pair of Socks

I decided this week that if baby wasn't coming, I wasn't just going to sit at home and wait. One morning while Colin was at school I ran a few shopping errands, which included scoring some fabulous deals at Old Navy.

As I was checking out, the woman in line behind me was waiting simply to buy a pack of size 6-12 month Halloween socks. I listened as she talked with another lady in line behind her. This woman explained that her grand baby, her first, turned 6 months the following day. The other lady commented how tough those first 6 months can be. The grandma replied that, yes, her daughter had had a tough pregnancy and the baby barely hung in there and was so little, but that he made it. It had been a long road.

Her daughter would have given anything for even two extra weeks with baby in her tummy, and there I stood, humbled that this grandma was just so grateful that she was able to buy a pair of size 6 month socks for baby's first Halloween.

Thank you, Lord, for the gift of this extra time!

2 comments:

Mindy said...

Your patience, gratefulness, and positive outlook are inspiring and terrific Sarah. Thanks for sharing and keeping us up to date with Baby S. Praying for you!

Momma Dana said...

Oh, that's a beautiful story...