tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34359942.post1345285977549125004..comments2023-03-29T03:58:39.259-07:00Comments on The Left Handed Rabbit: Crying in HallmarkAnn-Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514049768979005799noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34359942.post-59159360252424360362008-12-15T15:03:00.000-08:002008-12-15T15:03:00.000-08:00I hadn't read your blog in a while, and came back ...I hadn't read your blog in a while, and came back and read this. My heart goes out to you. I pray that God would continue to sustain you and give you grace. I'm reminded every day that God's timing is definitely not mine, but as my dear hubby "devoted" about last night, His plan is always better. I have to remind myself of that ALL THE TIME.<BR/><BR/>Praying for you: Consider yourself hugged!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03895156976010404804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34359942.post-91553000495140305352008-12-02T15:00:00.000-08:002008-12-02T15:00:00.000-08:00I Love you Ann-Marie. Brielle loves you too! She ...I Love you Ann-Marie. Brielle loves you too! She will know how much you love her and she will grow up and appreciate everything you do for her and all the ways you show her you love her. You will always be welcome to come to everything she does growing up!! You have a great heart. Love you so much.CANDICEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15747299063801959010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34359942.post-31802917534041465122008-12-01T19:54:00.000-08:002008-12-01T19:54:00.000-08:00I won't even begin to pretend to know how you feel...I won't even begin to pretend to know how you feel, Ann-Marie, but I will say that I will pray for you.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08104995414258062444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34359942.post-1450635283486365132008-12-01T18:43:00.000-08:002008-12-01T18:43:00.000-08:00As your wonderful mother, (YES, YOU CAN LAUGH AT T...As your wonderful mother, (YES, YOU CAN LAUGH AT THAT.) I do know the pain of waiting, waiting and then waiting. <BR/><BR/>As we both know, we don't know what plan God has for us.. But you know I will continue to pray for a grandchild. If He grants me one, we will both be over joyed. You a mother and me a grandmother. That's my continue prayer.<BR/><BR/>Love you more than words can express. MOMJuliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08493939450785049827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34359942.post-35992381350429394722008-12-01T15:57:00.000-08:002008-12-01T15:57:00.000-08:00Wow...Ann-Marie, you have such a gift. In that on...Wow...Ann-Marie, you have such a gift. In that one blog post, you perfectly encapsulated all the raw pain and bittersweetness of infertility. <BR/><BR/>I know you've heard probably heard every encouraging cliche out there, but I will say this: I personally know a few people--one of whom you even mentioned in that post--who were at one time in your very position, but who now have at least one child. Maybe even three or four.<BR/><BR/> I can remember being afraid to tell them that I was pregnant, AGAIN, for fear of the very real pain it would cause them. I can remember not seeing them at baby showers because it just hurt too much for them to attend. I can remember feeling their palpable longing on Mother's Day, and their frustation at hearing the thoughtless "So when are YOU going to have a baby?"<BR/><BR/>But now each of the women I'm thinking of, as I said earlier,are mothers of children...children that they carried in their own wombs and gave birth to. And I don't think any of them has ever gotten over it or stopped feeling the wonder of it--even when they were climbing the walls with toddlers.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for a post that was exquisitely beautiful and sad at the same time. Really gifted writers make us <B>feel</B> things, and you are a really gifted writer.Cindy Swansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090693362997103412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34359942.post-3859892087366438832008-12-01T09:22:00.000-08:002008-12-01T09:22:00.000-08:00My heart aches for you, my long-time friend! Than...My heart aches for you, my long-time friend! Thank you for sharing your soul with us. But how blessed Brielle is to have the coolest Aunt in the world!!! <BR/><BR/>On a totally different note-- you wrote the word "befuddled"!!!!! I thought I was the only one who used that word! Must have got it from you!!!Jennittiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15940814128631474515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34359942.post-27144689282382777862008-11-30T19:06:00.000-08:002008-11-30T19:06:00.000-08:00Such a real, honest post. Infertility is a hurt li...Such a real, honest post. Infertility is a hurt like nothing else, that is for sure. It touches the most raw emotions like none other.<BR/><BR/>There's a cool little bit in the book of Genesis. It says that Isaac was 40 when he married Rebekah. Rebekah was barren, and Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife. The Lord heard and answered, and she conceived twins. Neat, huh? Like, Isaac prayed and the Lord answered. You know, I might be more prayerful if it worked out for me like it did for people in the Bible. <BR/><BR/>Then it says, "And Isaac was 60 years old when Jacob and Esau were born."<BR/><BR/>So...he prayed for...20 years. 20 years to have children. <BR/><BR/>I prayed for 8. <BR/><BR/>And our same God says, "Nothing is impossible for me."<BR/><BR/>We'll just keep on praying, girl.Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780332353141865219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34359942.post-75702463857521891532008-11-30T11:02:00.000-08:002008-11-30T11:02:00.000-08:00You are in my prayers, dear one. I have been righ...You are in my prayers, dear one. I have been right where you are and I know some of what you are feeling. We went through 5 yrs of infertility. I know that seems like nothing to what you are going through. Keep looking to The One who gives us our strength. If you ever want to talk, let me know.Valoriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09649758211106731067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34359942.post-27426702180931767702008-11-30T08:23:00.000-08:002008-11-30T08:23:00.000-08:00Yours is the only blog that I ever read an entire ...Yours is the only blog that I ever read an entire entry of. Thank you. Thank you for being real.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933715683584946710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34359942.post-39911798884843887732008-11-30T07:24:00.000-08:002008-11-30T07:24:00.000-08:00Ahh, Ann-marie. Your post hurts my heart, but I a...Ahh, Ann-marie. Your post hurts my heart, but I am glad that you shared. As a thirty-something single woman, I can empathize with some, but not all, of your pain. When I finally started to get a handle on trying to be content with singleness, I began to struggle with the fact that I will be childless. The older I get, the more difficult that is. Sometimes I can walk in the reality of God's "enoughness" for me, but often the emotions of my perceived needs are so overwhelming. I love you.Karynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13902433658550440184noreply@blogger.com