Finding out we were pregnant.

It was July 26, 2016…

I was late. 

I had just gotten home from work and Marcus was laying in the bed watching television. I thought to myself “I’ll just take this test real quick and set it down” and didn’t really think anything of it. We had just started trying so it didn’t even cross my mind to tell Marcus that I was going to take a pregnancy test.

+. POSITIVE. Immediately. A big, fat plus sign popped up before I could even lay the test on the counter.

I yelled out for Marcus and as he leisurely walked into our bathroom, I pointed to the pregnancy test that I had just set down. He leaned his arms onto the counter and just stared… Surprised. And smiling ear to ear. We hugged each other, stunned and speechless. We were pregnant!

After a few minutes, he walked into the kitchen and I followed him to see tears rolling down his face… Tears of joy… He was so happy. Even though we had just started trying, this was something that he had wanted for a long time and no one… no one deserved to be a dad more than him. This was something that he was meant for. He was going to be the best father. I knew that… I had always known that.

And here we were… The first day of our new chapter and we were as ready as we possibly could be. And just as soon as I saw your little heart beating… The world, my world… would suddenly make complete sense. I would finally know what I was meant for, and that was to be a mother. You would bring a sense of clarity, peace, and love to my soul that I had never known before. The love only a mother could know.