It would seem that life ended after our year in England, but no, things have just changed. Jesse was able to slide right back into his 2nd grade teaching job and I slid right onto the couch and hardly moved for about 2 months. Finding a nursing job wasn't as easy as I had anticipated. With little bean around, handling Chemotherapy was no longer an option. The nursing shortage has dried up leaving managers the option to only accept nurses with previous experience in their particular speciality. I took it hard. No job left me hours to sink beneath pregnancy sickness and into pre-partum depression.
We had other surprises too. Like no health insurance upon returning to America! However, the good things is that all these anxieties, of sickness, unemployment, and lack of information about my new baby led me to God. And he was there to give me peace. At week 16, I was finally able to hear my baby's heartbeat and found myself crying with joy to hear that the baby was alive and well. The wait made it extra special.
(This picture mostly just shows the chubs, but I thought it was time to take a tummy picture on the day I made it to the 2nd trimester.)
We had other surprises too. Like no health insurance upon returning to America! However, the good things is that all these anxieties, of sickness, unemployment, and lack of information about my new baby led me to God. And he was there to give me peace. At week 16, I was finally able to hear my baby's heartbeat and found myself crying with joy to hear that the baby was alive and well. The wait made it extra special. 
Glad to hear about how God met you in your dark days.
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