Josh was 45 hours away from a 3-1/2 day business trip halfway across the country when I went in for my 39-week appointment to check on baby girl’s status. It turned out that my belly was measuring the same as (if not slightly smaller than) the previous week’s, and they sent me in for a...
For a long time, I had convinced myself I had nothing to say. Rather, I had a lot to say, but it made my brain hurt a little bit trying to connect it all. And if I couldn’t fully understand it, how could I articulate it in a way that anybody else would? I had...
All was quiet in early September 2010. The 30-year-old me, who had recently discovered her first grey hairs in the mirror, flipped through the last pages in a book on insecurity. We were four years into our wait, and I was thinking about my biggest fear right then. Missing the window. Waiting too long. Being...
Our entire house was entirely packed up the week before boarding a one-way flight to Maui. Ten years of life and marriage and memories were neatly sorted and labeled and boxed away in a single twenty-foot storage unit. I managed to find a moment alone on that last day, just before we left our high-desert...
It’s impossible to articulate the kind of mind-wrestling that has taken place these last six weeks. The constant back-and-forth and checking in and “do we? Don’t we?” questioning and pros and cons lists. When it came down to it, we had two choices: we could believe God to make a way where there was no...
I have been following your story for quite some time and these sweet miracles never fail to make me cry! So happy for your family and precious Rinnah!
Oh my goodness that is SO BEAUTIFUL! Rinnah is a delightful name! (How I wish I was as eloquent as you) tears are flowing here after reading that!
God bless you Jane and your arms full of sheaves!
Amazing story and so joyful for you! Live Paula from Texas
Ok, now I’M crying!!! …tears of JOY, that is!!! Perfect name for a perfect storybook completion/beginning. Love you, beautiful Johnson Party of 5!
I love this so much!
Tears of joy for all of you. Welcome to our world, sweet precious Rinnah Jane! Please share with her the story of how a stranger knew she would one day be in your lives because He sent the vision in a dream(even if I had the name wrong somehow).
Thank you for sharing your miracles. I too experienced a long wait for my miracles. I am grateful that you’ve shared your journey, for it can be a lonely one for many.
So beautiful, all of it! Enjoy this precious time❤️
Welcome, sweet Riannah. You are a blessing to all!
Awwwww so precious and such a beautiful name. I remember searching for my baby girl’s name and decided on Anaya meaning God Answers. She is truly an answered prayer and true definition of the most steadfast faith I have ever had in my life. Blessings in abundance Rinnah Jane and more joy to you and your family of 5 (ps mine is also a family of 5 – 3 dudes and 2 gals )
My heart is so full as tears flow from my eyes for you!!! What a beautiful blessing!!! Welcome to the world precious Rinnah Jane!!
awww what a beautiful story, name, and baby! congratulations y’all!