I Dreamed a Dream

Today I am linking up to P52 challenge.  Where you take a picture every week for a year.  You also get a theme for the week.  This week was 'I Dreamed a Dream'.  I instantly knew the dream, but wasn't sure how to embrace that into a picture.  Mostly, because at the moment, I have fulfilled my dream, and couldn't get the obvious picture that I wanted.  My friend actually gave me the idea to take a picture of my socks, so that is what I did. 

Socks?  You wonder?  How do socks embrace a dream? 
Well let me start at the very beginning.  First, I love dreaming. I often have brilliant dreams, and many times I am sad that I have awoken.  So when I had this dream, it was unusual as many of my dreams are.  However, it would prove to be much different.  I dreamt that I was having a baby for another couple.  Mind, you at this time in my life, my middle son was only about 6 weeks old.  So I awoke from this dream, and thought it was strange, and then tried to forget about it.  Only to find that I just couldn't.  I just couldn't stop thinking about my dream.  After about two weeks, of trying to put this thought out of my head, it occurred to me that the Holy Spirit was telling me something.  So I started doing research about it, and discovered that surrogacy was something I could do.
I am proud to say, that I have lived my dream, not once but three times.  I took the step and made it happen.  My first match was with a great couple who reside in Italy.  They are great people. 
Since, they lived over seas, I tried to come up with some ways for them to be connected with the pregnancy.  I decided we needed lucky socks.  It took me a while to find them, but I settled on these socks.  I decided that the Chinese symbols meant luck!  So I bought a pair for her, and one for me.  The day of the transfer (which is when the RE put their embryos, into me), we both wore our panda socks.  I am not sure what it was that day, but it worked.  We were pregnant with their son.  We wore those socks, whenever we had something important going on.  She wore hers over seas, and I wore mine here.  It was really special.  After that journey, we worked together one more time, and they have a beautiful little girl (we wore the socks for that transfer too). 
I also helped another couple, just as special as my first couple were.  We attempted a transfer in August of 2010, and it didn't work.  I also didn't wear my panda socks.  So the next time we transferred, I wore my lucky panda socks, and it worked.  Their little girl was born at the end of September. 
I literally did dream a dream.  It was simply one of the most amazing things I have ever done.  I have thanked God so many times, for allowing me the opportunity to help others.  It was amazing. 

MJ

What a game!

Oh my, what a game!!  I love football!  I grew up in the north, Ohio to be exact, and NFL is what we watched.  I come from a family of Browns' fans, and let me say that it is hard being a Browns' fan (no one likes to suck all the time).  My husband is a Pittsburgh Steelers' fan, and if you know anything about football, you will know that Browns' fans and Pitts' fans don't like each other.  I mean we just don't.  Although, I am pretty sure if he was a Raven's fan, I would never of married him, because I hate the Ravens even more then Pittsburgh. But because my husband is really an awesome guy, I over looked his Steelers love.  We have been married for almost 15 years, and because the Browns have been so horrible, for a very very very long time, it really hasn't been a problem. 
I now live in the SEC country, and that is collage football, for those who don't know.  Collage ball was never very big in Ohio.  Don't get me wrong, the Buckeyes rock, and I grew up hating Michigan, but it isn't looked at, as the same as it is down here.  Down here, collage ball is more important then pro ball.  So two things going on today!  I am rooting against Pittsburgh, and I am rooting for Tim Tebow (we tend to follow the Gators at my house).  So tonight's game was so very sweet!  I just love to see Pittsburgh loose, except when playing the Ravens, and it was really great to see Tebow do so well.  I am a believer!!  But I think I like him so much, because he is really a man of God and he isn't afraid to show it.  He reminds me of David in the bible, and how David's love for God was so in your face.  David just wasn't afraid to show his love, and neither is Tebow.  So refreshing to see.

Hope you all had a blessed weekend

MJ

and for those who are Steelers fans, I am sorry, ok not really, but you can take a page from a Browns playbook, wait till next year....