A Letter To The One Asking, “Why Her And Not Me?”

To the woman who keeps asking herself, “why her and not me?”, It’s happened again… Someone else is pregnant. And here you are asking yourself the same question that always echos in your mind whenever this happens: “Why not me?” “Why her, and not me?” You’re intimately acquainted with the pain that comes along with not being able to get pregnant, and you wouldn’t wish that upon anyone. You don’t want to take away from what she has; you just don’t understand why it can never be you. Why can everyone around you get pregnant, but you can’t? Then your mind drifts to other types of women who seem to get pregnant easily: Why the teenage girl, but not me? Why the addict, but not me? Why the unbeliever, but not me? Sometimes you ask your husband these questions as you cry. And sometimes you don’t even utter a sound, you just quietly sit there, looking off into nowhere as you ponder these questions. You’re frustrated, confused, angry, exhausted, heartbroken, and tired of waiting. Why her and not you? Because that is not the plan I have for your life, My sweet daughter. I know there have been times you … Continue reading A Letter To The One Asking, “Why Her And Not Me?”