Dear Younger Me

Dear Younger Me (1 year ago to be exact),

Right now, you're 9 months pregnant. All you know is that you're going to give birth to a baby boy in the month of January. You are excited and wonder what life will be like with two kids. Will the new baby eat well, sleep well, cry a lot, get ear infections, look like his brother...??? You have absolutely no idea what is about to come or how much your life is going to change. There's not even one ounce of you that expects anything to be "wrong" with your baby.

In a few weeks, you're going to go into labor in the middle of the night. By the time you make it to the hospital and into your room, you'll only wait 4 hours to meet him. Your delivery will be SO easy, pain-free after a fabulous epidural, and fast. They'll take that 6 lb 13 oz. baby boy with blonde hair and blue eyes over to check him out and clean him up...and you'll soon realize that things are taking longer than normal. You'll begin to worry...you'll wonder what's "wrong?" But you need to know that there's nothing "wrong" with your baby...he's just special. EXTRA special....because God decided to give him an EXTRA Chromosome.

You're gonna be in shock...you're gonna be scared...you're gonna be disappointed...you're gonna cry...you're gonna question God...you're gonna feel like your world is crumbling down.

But I'm here to tell you that you're gonna be OKAY! Wipe away those tears. Don't question God...TRUST God. You can do this! You were chosen to be Colton's Mama. You are exactly who he needs.

Yes, your life is going to change...but the greatest part is that YOU are going to change. You are going to learn just how strong you are. You are going to be forced to get out of your comfort zone and make new friends. You're going to meet so many new, incredible people. You're going to gain SO much knowledge. You're going to learn to be patient and to celebrate small victories. You're going to look at people through different eyes. You're going to grow in faith. You're going to be a better version of the "younger me."

In a year, you're going to rock a chubby, happy, blue-eyed baby boy to sleep...and your heart is going to burst with love. Your eyes will fill with tears because you feel guilty that you ever felt disappointed. Your beautiful baby boy will eat well, sleep well, cry very little, never have an ear infection, and look so much like his older brother. He will be EXTRA special. He will change your family from ordinary to EXTRA-ordinary. He will bring you a joy you've never known.

You have no idea how blessed you're about to be. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6

With Love,

The Better Version of the "Younger Me"



I was inspired to write this because of the song by Mercy Me called Dear Younger Me.
If you haven't heard it, I encourage you to listen to it. I hear it on KLOVE all of the time.
I've added the lyrics of the song below...



Dear Younger Me

MercyMe

Dear younger me
Where do I start
If I could tell you everything that I have learned so far
Then you could be
One step ahead
Of all the painful memories still running thru my head
I wonder how much different things would be
Dear younger me,

Dear younger me
I cannot decide
Do I give some speech about how to get the most out of your life
Or do I go deep
And try to change
The choices that you’ll make cuz they’re choices that made me
Even though I love this crazy life
Sometimes I wish it was a smoother ride
Dear younger me, dear younger me

If I knew then what I know now
Condemnation would’ve had no power
My joy my pain would’ve never been my worth
If I knew then what I know now
Would’ve not been hard to figure out
What I would’ve changed if I had heard

Dear younger me
It’s not your fault
You were never meant to carry this beyond the cross
Dear younger me

You are holy
You are righteous
You are one of the redeemed
Set apart a brand new heart
You are free indeed

Every mountain every valley
Thru each heartache you will see
Every moment brings you closer
To who you were meant to be
Dear younger me, dear younger me

You are holy
You are righteous
You are one of the redeemed
Set apart a brand new heart
You are free indeed

You are holy
You are righteous
You are one of the redeemed
Set apart a brand new heart
You are free indeed

You are holy
You are righteous
You are one of the redeemed
Set apart a brand new heart
You are free indeed