Lavender Reflections

        I still couldn’t believe that God has allowed me to be a bringer of a miracle called life.  I am five months pregnant and yesterday, February 4, 2017, I saw my precious little one for the first time through an ultrasound.       My husband and I went to the clinic early in the morning to have my lab tests done. We also had our scheduled routine ultrasound and the congenital anomaly scan required of every pregnant woman.  We had to wait for three hours for the lab tests to be done, and another thirty to forty five minutes for the doctor (the OB-Sonologist) who would perform the routine ultrasound.  While waiting, there are a lot of things that are going through my mind like, what would my baby be, will he be a boy, or will she be a girl?  Is he/she going to be too small or too big for his age, which is about 20 weeks now,  and a lot of things more.  Finally, my name was called, and the first thing that came into...

     It’s been four years since I last wrote here.  In those four years, a lot of things have happened in my life.  Things that I would say are life-changing which includes, meeting a man, getting engaged, tying the knot, and finally now , expecting our first baby. I still couldn’t believe how blessed I am to have experience all of these in a span of four years.  Others would say it’s a long wait, but for me, everything is just in its perfect time.  All fell into place.  I am amazed how God has blessed me with all these important events in my life I never imagined will ever happen.       I remember how I used to get so lonely and how I felt so alone before.  I remember how I used to think that settling to be alone and just be single forever was really my fate.  I hated every man that came into my life.  Well not that I really hated them but I always looked for the perfect one but no one was good enough.  ...