One of the things I love about being a blogger is being able to go back and reflect on different times, and what I was doing in that particular season of my life.
As I sat and thought about 2014, I went back to my post one of my last post of 2013 when I Reviewed My Year as A SAHM, and one of my first post of 2014 New Year: One Word then I started to feel like I didn’t accomplish much this year…
Then I thought about the scripture…
Coming into 2014, I wasn’t really feeling very motivated. I had a miscarriage in December of 2013 a week before Christmas, and the same day my uncle had a heart attack. So needless to say I was looking forward to 2014 but not very motivated. On paper I had a lot of things I wanted to accomplish as a SAHM and Blogger…but no concrete plans of how to accomplish these goals. Then February hit and my cycle never came…I found out I was carrying twins! I was over the moon excited…ever since Darrick and I talked about having children he said he wanted twin boys, they were named way before we even knew the sex of the babies.
Being pregnant with twins pretty much shaped my year. As far as the babies, I had no pregnancy complications it was just VERY hard on my body. Most of the time I lacked energy and I was very sore. I often felt like I had been beat up…literally! LOL! Looking back I can smile about this but at the moment all I wanted to do from day to day was cry!
Fast forward to the Summer…we had a football themed babyshower because we were getting ready to welcome identical baby boys! Then fall came and my date was pushed up because my boys were getting big in the womb, when I went in to have them I was carrying OVER 13lbs of baby! Now granted it was two but that’s a lot of weight for a 5’4″ woman!
On October 16, we welcomed the newest members of #TeamGodbott; Darrick II and Douglass. But with the birth came with blessings and a whirlwind of complications for Darrick II. He was born with a Congenial Diaphramatic Hernia (CDH) which caused other health problems in his lungs and heart. However, Douglass was 100% healthy. Darrick II had one surgery that was successful, but the CDH caused severe problems with his lungs and heart…and it was too much for his little body and on December 14 he passed away.
While I thought I didnt have much going on…I actually had a pretty big year! I thought about my “one word” for this year “Do” and I would probably change that word.
My “One-Word” would be “CHANGE”…
I made plans…however, God had other plans. As a family we dealt with A LOT of CHANGE, so I would actually call this #TeamGodbott’s year of CHANGE!!! I have never blogged about this but earlier in the year we moved in with my parents due to the financial strain of my husband’s job leaving Cleveland and moving to Kentucky. We planned to have a baby, and we were blessed with two…but later finding out that one wasn’t going to make it. The “Change” hasn’t necessarily been easy, its actually been VERY HARD but God has a plan, and I am trusting Him that we will get through this, and next year will be the best ever! I have already claimed that my December 2015 will be the best ever, no more sad events in December…Im claiming this for the entire YEAR of 2015!!
Happy New Year!
