Tuesday, October 16, 2012

October 16, 2008

It was 6-something in the morning when my cell phone rang by my head, waking me up. Immediately, I got a lump in my throat when I saw that it was my Uncle Scott. This can't be good, I thought to myself. He would not be calling this early unless something terrible has happened. Panicked, I answered the phone.

"Have you talked to your aunt yet?"
"Uh, no...." Ohhhmygosh. It's definitely bad.
"You need to call her. She has something to tell you."

Oh, boy. I seriously thought someone had died or something majorly bad had happened. I remember shaking so badly as I dialed her number. I felt immediate relief when I heard her voice. I knew nothing bad had happened. I asked what she had to tell me.

"Your cousin was born this morning." Uhh, excuse me? You see, my aunt and uncle are not old people by any stretch of the imagination. It wasn't like it was a ridiculous thing for her to say. Except there's one problem. How could she have gone 9 whole months without me knowing, or anyone telling me, that she was pregnant.

I'm pretty sure my exact words were: "What are you talking about???"

"The little girl that Scott and I are adopting."

WHATTT!!!!! I'm pretty sure I attacked her with all kinds of variations of, "And WHY am I just now finding out about this??"

Come to find out, they themselves had only gotten the call on Monday (three days earlier) that there was a possibility coming- in November. Much like her personality, Karmyn Grace took this world by storm that day and was born a lot earlier than anyone was anticipating. Especially me, since, you know, I wasn't anticipating her existence at all. She was as healthy as can be, despite being a few weeks early, and absolutely gorgeous.

I remember hanging up the phone and running downstairs where Elysia was eating a bowl of cereal. I taunted her with my information. What are big sisters for, anyways?! I told her we had a new cousin. Of course, she was perplexed, but I made her keep guessing who had had a baby until she started guessing people that we weren't even related to. It was funny.

I will never forget walking into their house the day before Thanksgiving that year, and seeing that little bundle for the first time. Alas, I fell madly in love and that child has me, and everyone else, wrapped around her little fingers. She's keeping us all young, that's for sure! I can't fully explain what a blessing she has been to our entire family. They had wanted a baby for so long, and for them to finally have their prayers answered was a feeling I'll never forget. There is no one alive on this Earth who deserved a child more than my aunt and uncle. Karmyn was meant to be a part of our family.God answers prayers. Remember that :)

Just LOOK at that face :)

My girl.
Having faith in God, is having faith in His timing, too!

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