Whatcha' Wanna Know Wednesday

Q: Do you know what caused Bugg's disability?

A: Absolutely no idea.
He just got lucky.
We all got lucky.

In those early days,
I wondered if it was the headache meds (just Tylenol) I'd taken just before
I found out I was pregnant.
Or was it in the water?
The air?
Did I not scrub my produce well enough?

I wondered if I'd not prepared my body well enough
to carry a child.
But messing with the guilt game wasn't working for me.
I knew it was nothing I could have prevented.
Even if I'd lived in a plastic bubble,
I believe that Wyatt was sent to us just as God intended.

I've always been kind of a paranoid freak
when it comes to being pregnant.
And it just intensifies with each pregnancy.
I make sure that I'm my strongest & healthiest.
I take my prenatals, eat nourishing foods,
exercise diligently,
&
cut out the unsafe-for-pregnancy foods.
All this before even trying to get pregnant.
Ironically, though, I wasn't taking prenatals until after I was
pregnant with Mia. Go figure.

Pregnancy has me doing things like
ditching all my cleaners
for straight up vinegar & water,
having way-too-expensive milk delivered to my door,
becoming a food snob and refusing to purchase "fake" food,
making sure my hairdresser/super good friend has a fume-free
salon when I get my hair cut (tomorrow! good bye looooong hair),
and other such things.
I can be kind of a martyr when it comes to taking medication.
I'll suffer til I can't take the headache pain any longer.
And then break down and take a teeny dose of Tylenol.

I even think of hibernating to the rural back woods
somewhere,
away from smog & chemicals,
eating nuts & berries,
frying my own wild fresh fish.
:)
See? Kuckoo!

And while we don't know the technical cause of Wyatt's
special handicap,
I know he is exactly as he should be.
Our Heavenly Father has a perfect Plan for each of us.
Wyatt was meant for our family.
He is what we need in this life.
To teach us to love & serve.
To remind us that life is about returning to our Father.
And that we are here to have JOY!