An Alien Being Has Landed

Sitting in bed last week I felt an immense amount of squirming going on in my belly. I glanced down and saw my shirt jump and out of curiosity raised my shirt to expose my bare midsection. My skin literally started to crawl. Little waves of joy, I like to call them. Strange things are happening...not that I wasn't already odd, but this pregnancy thing is a trip. And from what I understand, it will only grow stranger as I progress.

My husband often walks into the room to find me staring at my bare stomach and comments, "You're staring at your stomach again?!" Of course I am! This is a new and very exciting development. Not only can I feel those bumps and rolls, I can see them, too!! The very fact that an entirely separate human being is in there blows me away. I can't imagine how anyone who has been through a pregnancy could not believe that God exists. It truly is a miracle how the complex human body forms and grows out of such a simple act. I'm awestruck. It cannot be put into words eloquent enough to explain the beauty and the miracle of life itself.

There are very few things that take my breath away. One was last spring when my husband and I went to Europe. We went to Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, France. I had no idea what to expect after standing in line for an hour for tickets. Walking up the little spiral staircase and stepping into a huge room where every inch of wallspace was covered in the most detailed stained glass...whoa. That was the first time in my life that I literally felt the breath leave my body. It was THAT beautiful. Somehow, though, I know that the instant I see that beautiful face of the life inside of me will be one of those moments. A moment that I will cherish for the rest of my life.