We Will Survive

As we went through the D&E today, I received kind and supportive emails, asking how was I dealing with everything. As I think about how I am doing, I am surprised to find that I am doing better than I had thought. Maybe this is because I have been through this process before, and I understand better how I go through the grieving process and can better understand my emotions as I grieve. But there may be another reason I am handling things well. As I lay here in bed, waiting for the grogginess of the anesthesia to wear off, I can hear Alex teaching Allie and Boden tongue twisters. They are lisping their way through "Sally sells sea shells by the seashore" and struggling through "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." With such funny family memories happening, even in the midst of my grief, is it any wonder we will survive? I think that is the very reason we will.