Optimistic... mostly

Thursday, November 11th:
Needless to say, I did not get a very good night’s sleep that night. But it was going to be a busy packed schedule of a day and that was fine with me. I woke up, however, feeling very optimistic that my baby was going to be in the two-thirds majority and everything was going to be ok. Those tests always just freak people out and then end up being false, right? At least that is what I was telling myself. I dropped Mattie off at her preschool at 9:00am and then drove over to Red Rock to meet John Riemenschnitter for coffee and a chat. John and I typically get together 1-2 times a year and grab a cup of coffee and catch up on life. He was my 20’s pastor for many years and helped marry Bob and me. He has continued to be a good friend. I had not met up with him for over a year or maybe two! It just “so happened” that we had scheduled this coffee date two weeks prior and it “happened” to fall the day after I got the news about the test results. God is very purposeful that way. He has “walked” many a path with me in life. John sees me and asks, “How’s it going?” “…Well…not so great.” I answer with hesitation; “We just got some bad news about my pregnancy. I’ll explain it all in a few minutes.” “Let’s grab coffee and head up to my office,” he replies. “Yes, that would be great. Thank you.” We grabbed coffee and then headed up. I shared with him the situation with my pregnancy. We talked about it for a bit and then moved on to discussing my little munchkin, Mattie, who has been quite testy the past month or so. It was like there were too many unknowns for me to be upset at the time. I was still in shock about it all and trying to be optimistic. It was great talking to him. He had many insights for me in regards to raising a firecracker 3 year old. He has 4 kids- the youngest in 1st grade- he’s got plenty of wisdom to share.

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