Love & Hope

Thank you thank you thank you thank you--for all the wonderful comments to the last post--you all are fantastic! I decided in honor of all the positive vibes and thoughts you are sending our way, that I should look on the bright side today and share with you a few things that have brought a smile to my face and hope into my heart in the past few weeks:

1. Love and Prayers: my family and friends (including you all!) who know what we are going through have been prayer warriors for us! I truly can't fathom the amount of hope, love and prayers that are being offered to us on a daily basis--that is the greatest gift.

2. A Paper Clip: Yes, a paper clip. There is a LONG history and significant meaning of a paper clip in Mook's and my relationship. It seems silly that a little piece of office equipment could mean so much, but it does. And lo-and-behold, the morning we walked in for our ER, I looked down as we entered the doors outside of the clinic, and my the tip of my flip-flop was touching a paper clip. That sent shivers down my spine, and Mook wore the paper clip on his shirt pocket the whole day (I think it's still there!) And I had a great ER!

3. A Lucky Penny: My family came down last weekend which was wonderful--I got to spend great time with my mom, and this helped keep my nerves at ease. We went out to dinner at our favorite diner in town, and as I stepped out of the truck my flip flop AGAIN touched the edge of a penny. A 1979 penny--the year Mook was born. Lucky? I hope...

4. Chinese Fertility Frog Chime: I mentioned this before, but the chime that my aunt sent us was such a gift--in many ways. The sweet gesture reminded us how lucky we are to have such a loving family-and hopefully since it's been hanging in our bedroom, it's been blessing our fertility!

5. A Grasshopper: This morning, as I opened my office door, a big grasshopper was waiting for me. Just one--and no other's have been found anywhere in my co-workers offices. Only spiders freak me out, so I didn't let out a yelp--I just got this big smile on my face. I remembered I had heard once that they meant good luck...and here is what I found:

"The Chinese symbol of good luck and abundance, Grasshopper gives people the ability to take chances. To move on hunches and take the leap forward. Things might not move for them as they do for other people; progress is not step-by-step, but rather extremely fast. Trust your own instincts on when to make the leaps. Trust your inner voice. It will lead you to great successes. Don’t be afraid to leap – and remember that Grasshopper only leaps forward – never backward."

Monday seems so far away. Yet, I almost don't what it to get here--it is so final. Any ideas on how I can keep myself occupied this weekend without too much strenuous activity? I know I'll be sending out some notes to my BB girls--and hopefully finishing HP, so that should help me pass the time!

I did put in another call to my embryologist at the encouraging of ArtBlog-we have spent a lot of $ on this whole process, so I might as well get my money's worth, right? =) I want to go over a few more questions about the blasts she transferred, so hopefully she will give me a call back today. That will help put me at ease a bit, since I feel like I have twisted and contorted her original report of our other embies to where I don't know what is what anymore....

Thanks again to all of you--this journey would be a whole lot different without you!