Anna's Pregnancy Journal

I'm feeling really good right now, it's the kind of feeling that I wish I could bottle up and save for a rainy day - make it something I can remember forever.

I'm still at work, but it's been a good afternoon. I had a couple of meetings regarding research, and we have some good ideas for the future progress of my project. I haven't written much lately partially due to the frustration that my experiment hasn't been working right, and now we might know why! This is good.

Also I got to catch up with a friend at lunch, and I forget how nice it really is to talk about all these crazy parenting thoughts buzzing around my head. I also forgot how nice it is to really talk and open up with someone else. Since high school, I've made very few close girlfriends, actually I'd probably say that I haven't made any, really. I didn't realize how much I missed that until right now.

I'm going to make this a priority, making and keeping female friends. Because as much as I love my husband, it's so important to "care & share" with others! I've been afraid to open up because of a couple of missteps in college - trusting women that I shouldn't have - but this doesn't mean that all women are untrustworthy. It's worth the risk, to make that bond.

How fitting that tonight I'm going to a gathering with some of the women in my church group. I'm just going to soak it all up, and maybe, I'll open up too.

I just started college five years ago.
Thousands of miles away from home.
It was a very scary time, but I know it was worse for others.

Keep on praying for peace and healing, as far away as they still seem to be.