Rejoicing in the Easter Graces

I’ve written a lot about navigating the difficulties, the sorrows, and lots of issues, particularly related to fertility. This time, I’m writing about the joys and the graces received, especially during this Easter season.

As the practitioners know, but probably many of our readers don’t know, I just got married on April 25th and surely there are many profound graces to be had. As my now husband and I say: “marriage is a huge upgrade from dating and being engaged.” No more trying to figure out what time one of us should go over, separately keeping up houses to live + endless amounts of laundry and other chores by ourselves, squeezing in an hour to see each other to get me back to my place at a reasonable hour, and many others. Now there’s a built in partner to do everything with. And while having someone to grocery shop with and do laundry with you may not be on the top of your list, it’s celebrating the small life opportunities that we get to do together that does it for me.

In addition, we spent a wonderful honeymoon in Costa Rica, and almost everything went smooth (including standby flights!), probably even mores than our other travels together. I have 1,000,000 allergies (perhaps a stretch) but needless to say, I can’t eat normal people airplane snacks. The flight attendant on the flight even pulled out a cheese and fruit tray and gave it to me for free because she felt bad and didn’t want me flying all that way with nothing to eat. Juxtapose that with trips 8+ hours apart and I was given a yogurt and banana for the duration of an 8 hour flight. All of that is to say, there are big moments of rejoicing in our marriage, as well as the little joys and graces received for smooth travels, and awesome time spent together (even in the middle of me having to be rescued while tubing down white water rafts. More on that another day).

I think it’s important, especially in this Easter season, to take a moment to notice what God is doing in your life and in the lives of others. I’ve written a lot about suffering, navigating difficulty of charting and life, as well as many other hardships and amen to that. It’s also equally as important to look at the graces, the joys, and the moments of goodness throughout as well to help lift you up and to see that not everything is “bad.” Your chart may not look the way you want, you might be on the 6th year of struggling with infertility, and finances might be a disaster. In the middle of that, maybe you’ve felt God working in those moments, had a good and uplifting conversation with a friend, or maybe it’s just an encouraging word from a friend or spouse that just slightly turned your day around. Look for those moments, especially during this Easter season, and try to partake in the joy that they bring. Even if that joy lasts a whole 30 seconds while drinking your morning coffee before someone interrupts you.

We are here to navigate the joys, the sorrows, and anything you might be facing with your fertility. Don’t hesitate to reach out to a FertilityCare practitioner today!