this is really... really...

I don't know if you realize, but miscarriage is something too terribly common, and it is also devastating.  My wife and I had the unbelievable joy of finding out we were pregnant late 2009, and the day we thought we would be able to share with all of our friends of the impending major life change, our joy became a nightmare with seeing an ultrasound of a baby ... but with no heartbeat.


People were so caring, so loving, and wanted to be there for us.  And if you have experienced this before, and I am sure there are different feelings for different people, but there is nothing that makes it feel better .... but time.  The thing I couldn't believe was how many people had gone through this, sometimes 2 or 3 or even 4 miscarriages.  Stacy and I weren't even sure we could try again for a child, knowing how hard it was to go through this experience.  But we also knew that nearly every person who talked to us and had gone through a miscarriage, had also had beautiful children after.


This story has a twist.  Our hearts raced today, as we had an emergency appointment at our doctors office, because...


Today, is 10 weeks, and 5 days.  And we are excited that we are pregnant again.  After wondering today if we had yet gone through another miscarriage... but to find out things were okay, we have decided to do things a little differently this time.  Instead of waiting and dealing with whatever the outcome in silence, we instead want to come out with this amazing joy in our life, and ask for prayer, for love, and for positive thoughts.  We want people to know that even though we have gone through this very hard thing in our life, we believe that in the end life will be better... 


Please think of us, and more specifically, say a prayer, have a moment of silence when you have that time, and just know how much we appreciate, and love all of you.


Here's to the new Brooks' baby... Nathan (and Stacy too)