...I woke up with water going everywhere. I slept in a waterbed at the time, so my first thought was that the bed had popped. The second thought was, "Oh my, I am going to have a baby today!"
In the next 17 hours, I had many surprises. I lost 49 pounds of water (the janitor at the hospital followed me with a mop for hours) and gained a six pound son. Son was supposed to be a girl. They had not perfected ultrasounds back then. Guess who had to send her mom to buy all new clothes so we could take him home?
I labored all day to no avail. He was face-up, making it harder to get out, and I could not get past 7 cm. A dear lady that many of you know, Cindy Granke, stood in as my "mother" that day, while my real mother paced the floor in Tennessee and prepared to come to South Carolina the next day. Things were so tense, and there were no cellphones much back then, and everyone forgot to call Mom and Dad and give them updates. Cindy, who worked for the Red Cross surely had a lot of love and patience with me that day! We tried our best to push him out, but it was not meant to be. She got up on the table with me and coached me all day in efforts to keep a c-section from happening. A little after 10 that night, they wheeled me off to the operating room, and a bit later, I awakened from surgery to be told that my expected little "girl" was actually a bouncing baby boy!
I know that God knew best that I would need strong sons. Daniel Evin has given meaning to the words "pride and joy." He has made us all proud, and he is the joy of my life, along with his siblings. He holds a special place in my heart for the courage he has shown in his life, when life could have knocked him down and out, but he rose above it all.
He just found out that he has been admitted to the Social Work program at M.T.S.U.! This is something he has worked for for a long time. This has not been an easy first semester for him, but like everything else he does, he has climbed this mountain successfully. Hopefully, he is going to get his Bachelor's on time and move right into his Masters work.
Sarah has been working on some drawings for Daniel. She did one about him teaching the adult class at church. He is teaching his favorite book of the New Testament, Hebrews! This is one of her drawings:
Psalm 40:4 says, "Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust...." Daniel continues to make us all proud, and he has brought me great joy! (Proverbs 10:1)
I want to wish him the happiest of birthdays!
