large as this longing

I’ve been actually pausing to think about this lately. I’m a dad! This weekend, Brenna turns 3 months and I think I’m finally just now taking some time to sort all of this out. Oh, it’s not that life is slowing down or anything. Its just that I think I’m getting used to the pace of life, now that Ali and I are parents. And it’s allowed me to finally think about how all this has impacted my life. God has certainly figured out how to make his way into our hearts. How else could anyone explain it. I’m allowed to have a living, breathing, example of the love a Father has for a child.

The first few weeks after Brenna was born, we got lots of cards saying things like “Congrats on the new addition.” It’s not that I don’t appreciate that sentiment but I think ‘addition’ is the wrong word. I think “fulfillment” is more what it’s like. Like God has been preparing Ali and me for becoming parents our whole lives. And on November 8, 2008, there was a fulfilling of what God has been creating for ages and ages.

We are certainly blessed!