Jan 23 2009

Could I be more Shocked?

Published by Shane at 6:21 am under Family

What a day yesterday.

I left work, knowing that my wife was going for an ultrasound.  An unexpected pregnancy was suspected by the midwives as being “molar” which means it could just be a bunch of undifferentiated cells reproducing a baby-like rates.  They’re bad because they can be cancerous.  Think D&C, then chemotherapy, and you get the state of mind my wife and I were in.

At the same time, just before I left, the biggest single sale I have ever made at work called… to cancel.  He said it was because his car had been totalled by a garage who was supposed to repair it.  I actually believe him, as his was the most airtight sale I have ever made - he even had his wife approve the sale with him explaining it to her before we closed it.  Anyway, he expects to have his finances re-sorted in a month or so and expects to do it then.

Two punches.

I went home with a pretty heavy heart.  I wait for my wife to come home from the ultrasound.  She says they had to check twice - there was something odd.

ultrasound

But they figured out what it was.

Twins.

I could be upset, shocked, unnerved, fearful, desperate, any number of things right now.  We hadn’t closed the door to another child, but we didn’t expect two at once!  I certainly have no idea how in the biggest recession to hit real estate since 1929, I am going to make ends meet with my job, which sells software to realtors.  But God’s got to have a plan, because I sure don’t.  And I am so curious to see what it is.

One Response to “Could I be more Shocked?”

  1. Sarahon 23 Jan 2009 at 7:15 am

    Congratulations, Shane … What a day!

    It’s so good to know that God plans all things; God is all powerful; and that God is good. We rest in His character. Rom 8:28 is often quoted, but rings so true.

    Talk to my folks if you need an example of trusting God when the economic picture is bleak, with a whole schwack of kids in tow … #5 was opposite of the rest of us in gender - hoping the same for you guys!

    Much peace and many blessings to all 8 of you! (That might take a bit to get used to saying, eh?)