Just what I needed
Lately, in this rush before I have the baby, I have been trying to focus on many people’s needs. How will my daughters be feeling once this all happens? How can I make it better for them? What in the world will I DO with them when I leave? How can I help my husband with the huge load he will be carrying soon? How can I best accommodate this new daughter into our lives? How can I get as much possible done with some of the other things that I care so deeply about before she arrives?
It has left me busy and happy, but also tired. I don’t think I realized how tired, until yesterday.
Yesterday, a dear, kind, sweet friend from my old ward held a very lovely baby shower for me. To be honest, when she first asked if she could, I said yes because I love her and I could tell she wanted to do it, but I felt kind of foolish in a way. I mean, not only was this my fifth baby, but it was also my fifth daughter. What possible need could I have for a baby shower? I had clothes and everything else. But the chance of spending a morning with this lovely friend was too good to pass up. :) So I said yes.
When I actually got to the shower, and saw what she had planned, and what she had done, I had to hold back the tears. She could not have planned a more perfect morning for me, and for what I needed just then. There was nothing that I didn’t need, but so much of what I did, not only physically for the baby, but also emotionally for me.
I hadn’t talked to her much about the shower, so I know that everything she did was inspired in her mind. It struck me…the absolute love our Father in Heaven has for us…for me. He knew what I needed, and He cared about what I needed, even when it hadn’t crossed my own mind. And He sent someone who could fulfill that.
It gives me hope. If He knows what I need, and can make sure I am blessed with it, I can also be sure that He knows what those I love need, and He will help me to give it to them.
(By the way, my friend, who this little one affectionately calls “May-er-weeze,” fashioned a perfect little blanket for the new baby. But it came just in time to comfort this wee one, who has been so sad and sick again today. Thank you, May-er-weeze. :) Your gift has blessed us so much already.)
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