Life Will Be Full Of Ups And Downs

Etta James says, “Life will be full of ups and downs. It will be one tough ride. But your love for your child will be the anchor that will see you through it all.” Being a father is unlike anything that I have ever experienced in my entire life. Being able to watch my wife during her pregnancy, throughout labor and then getting to hold my newborn baby girl was a breathtaking experience for me. It was such a blessing getting to watch her carry my child, as well as getting to feel her move inside my wife’s belly. Although scary at times, it is an adventure I would not change for the world. When in the end, they laid my daughter in my arms and the whole world stopped for a moment; everything was perfect and my life was complete.
My wife’s pregnancy was not an easy one by any means. I have never in my life seen anyone that sick for that amount of time. It was an everyday battle for her. Between the nausea medications, barely eating anything at all, and going to the hospital numerous times for fluids, I didn’t think she was ever going to make it through the pregnancy. I felt as hopeless and helpless as I ever have in my life because I wasn’t able to take away any of her sickness. There were nights when neither of us slept at all because she was so sick. I can remember praying to God, asking him to please make my wife feel better and for all of the pain of her pregnancy to go away. At around the twenty-five week mark the scariest thing happened. My wife passed out in our kitchen