Comments on: Joy’s Blog: Worth the Wait http://www.garyjoylundberg.com/2010/05/11/joys-blog-worth-the-wait/ Strengthening Marriages and Families Worldwide Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:49:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kyle Clouse http://www.garyjoylundberg.com/2010/05/11/joys-blog-worth-the-wait/comment-page-1/#comment-578 Kyle Clouse Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:56:09 +0000 http://www.garyjoylundberg.com/?p=1360#comment-578 This is a great post. We really need to get back to the old way of doing things. This is a great post. We really need to get back to the old way of doing things.

]]> By: Trudy Parker http://www.garyjoylundberg.com/2010/05/11/joys-blog-worth-the-wait/comment-page-1/#comment-425 Trudy Parker Sun, 06 Jun 2010 04:34:05 +0000 http://www.garyjoylundberg.com/?p=1360#comment-425 Dear Joy, Thank you for sharing this beautiful story. I came to your website looking for marriage advice for some friends and started reading your blog. My husband and I have been blessed with 5 children, ages 13-4. We want to have another baby, but my last pregnancy was very difficult and ended with a miscarriage near the end of the first trimester (Jan. 2009). We both felt so sad! We don't understand why Heavenly Father didn't let us have that baby. We also had a miscarriage before our youngest child was born. We feel that it was a miracle that we got to have her (all babies seem like miracles now)! She is a delight and all our children are precious to us. Yet we're hesitant to try again. We went to the temple yesterday and prayed about it and, though we were very sincere, didn't receive the guidance we were hoping for. We're both struggling. I don't have easy pregnancies even though I try to be brave and strong. I feel guilty preventing the possibility of pregnancy because of our fears. Neither of us have a feeling that there is another child waiting to come to our family (as we've heard so many people say), but we would like to have more children. Our children were so sad when we lost this last baby. They would be such good big brothers and sisters. We've talked about adoption, but it seems so out-of-reach. We have a family in our branch who has adopted many children from several different countries. They wrote a book recently and I think they meant to encourage people to adopt, but their stories make me wonder if I have what it takes to ever adopt a child. I'm not sure why I'm telling you all of this except that I'm trying to figure this out and I think I was led to read your blog tonight. If you have any insights or suggestions, I'd really appreciate it. Thank you, Trudy Parker P.S. I've really enjoyed the songs you've written over the years! Dear Joy,
Thank you for sharing this beautiful story. I came to your website looking for marriage advice for some friends and started reading your blog. My husband and I have been blessed with 5 children, ages 13-4. We want to have another baby, but my last pregnancy was very difficult and ended with a miscarriage near the end of the first trimester (Jan. 2009). We both felt so sad! We don’t understand why Heavenly Father didn’t let us have that baby. We also had a miscarriage before our youngest child was born. We feel that it was a miracle that we got to have her (all babies seem like miracles now)! She is a delight and all our children are precious to us. Yet we’re hesitant to try again.
We went to the temple yesterday and prayed about it and, though we were very sincere, didn’t receive the guidance we were hoping for. We’re both struggling. I don’t have easy pregnancies even though I try to be brave and strong. I feel guilty preventing the possibility of pregnancy because of our fears. Neither of us have a feeling that there is another child waiting to come to our family (as we’ve heard so many people say), but we would like to have more children. Our children were so sad when we lost this last baby. They would be such good big brothers and sisters.
We’ve talked about adoption, but it seems so out-of-reach. We have a family in our branch who has adopted many children from several different countries. They wrote a book recently and I think they meant to encourage people to adopt, but their stories make me wonder if I have what it takes to ever adopt a child. I’m not sure why I’m telling you all of this except that I’m trying to figure this out and I think I was led to read your blog tonight. If you have any insights or suggestions, I’d really appreciate it.

Thank you,
Trudy Parker

P.S. I’ve really enjoyed the songs you’ve written over the years!

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