Wednesday, January 18

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!

6 comments:

  1. I couldn't agree more. Both that Wylee Bugg is perfect and just as he should be AND that you are a bit of a wacko (hee hee) when you are prego! Bugg is so adorable in all these pics.

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  2. thank you so much for sharing the link to the buggs hot wheels celebration, what a positive introduction!

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  3. Just catching up with all of your posts, LOVE LOVE LOVE! Seriously, reading your blog lifts me up and makes me want to embrace all that life has to offer. I love love reading it, and I'm always finding myself laughing or crying (in a happy way). Inspired! I love you sista! :) -Aunt Ky

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  4. Seriously he is so super cute! Briley has all the same diagnoses as Wyatt & because nobody could say why & nothing showed up with genetic testing, I spent some time wondering about what I did too, so this hit home. I used to see kids his age & wonder what he "shoulda/woulda" been like until I realized it was almost devaluing the pure soul that only these special hand picked beings are blessed with for life. I'm so glad you share your Bugg with us!

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  5. Oh I couldn't agree more. I love seeing our special little boys be true to their mission on the earth... the love and joy they bring is beyond measure!

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  6. what a wonderful way to explain that and to express how you felt or felt. Love these. Thanks

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