Everything Happens for a Reason

I have always thought this saying was true, and it's hard when you don't know the reason yet...

but that's when FAITH comes in.

Quite a few people have asked me lately how Bella is feeling, and if she is acting "normal".

As I think about how she is "feeling" and if she is acting "normal", it makes me realize a few things.

Her life is different now.  Our lives are different now.

No 2 yr. old should have anxiety multiple times each day like she does.

At least 4 times a day she cries and is stressed-2x for medicines, 2x for brushing her teeth.

Not to mention the 2 days we have to go to clinic-which is constant anxiety till we leave.

I think for everything that this little sweetheart goes through, she is acting as "normal" as she can.

I think about how this situation will make Isabella act and be in the future.

Will she be more afraid, anxious, resentful, scared, entitled, compassionate, loving, etc...?

Will it make her want to be a doctor?

Obviously I don't know the answer, and I hope it makes her a better person because of it.

Everything happens for a reason, and I have FAITH that Heavenly Father knows her and knows what she needs.

"If the foundation of FAITH is not embedded in our hearts, the power to endure will crumble.

Acting even on a twig of FATH allows God to grow it." ~Henry B. Erying

I would have crumbled a long time ago if it wasn't for my Faith.

God has helped my Faith grow, and I am a better/stronger person because of it.

Every hour I have ups and downs, every hour I wonder and worry.

But every hour I am reassured that I can endure, and that I am blessed.

Bella is a light in the dark, she smiles at me with her huge gums and I can't help but smile back.

Even though her gums hurt, even though they bleed, she still smiles.

She brings joy and laughter to everyone that is around her.