Friday, September 10, 2010

My Hero

This is my hero.



I'm really not trying to be sappy or cheesy, but she really is. I've already shared with others about how much I appreciate her having to alter her life by carrying around a human being inside of her for 9 months. I can't imagine the weight she's had to carry, physically, but also mentally and emotionally as she deals with the reality of having to give her life fully to the care of this baby inside of her. What she eats, what she can't eat, what activities she can't do, what new activities she MUST do, what fun she has to forgo, what education she has to pick up. The list of things that have changed her life are intimidating; her endurance through it all is inspiring.

All that had already blown me away. I told her numerous times before this week that I was so thankful for her and all that she does for our family by bearing Evan.

But then Evan is ready to break forth, and Monica comes through and delivers. And I am even more inspired and in awe of how much Monica has given. I can't explain how helpless I felt as a husband, standing there in the delivery room, with the tremendous task of... holding her ankle. While Monica was suffering intense contractions, then having to experience the nauseating symptoms of going into labor, to having to push for an hour and a half with all that she had, so much that she literally couldn't push much longer. Then, to see the doctor have to make an incision to open up the way for Evan to make his arrival.

Pray for Monica. She's gone through a lot. It's hard to see her so utterly drained from this delivery. And now the doctors say that it'll be a few weeks for her to recover from the lacerations that she received.

She is my hero.































4 comments:

Eleanor said...

awww :) So happy for all y'all!
and WOW Evan has ALOT OF HAIR! CUTE

Christopher Yu Chen said...

Yup, Monica is amazing :P

Theo said...

CONGRATULATIONS! EVAN IS SO CUTE! haha.

Anonymous said...

He looks so cute... the one with Cindy is best.