It really is funny how such a small town can have such an impact in your life. Amory is a very small town about 40 minutes north of here and holds a population of about 7,000.. I think that is even smaller than the town of Carrollton for all of my friends and family back in MO :) Now thats saying something ;) Anyways, this tiny town in northeast Mississippi really holds a special place in our hearts. So, as I was driving out of Amory today after seeing Eli's doctor for the last time.. and the town for the last time.. the tears started rolling. Now I would consider myself an emotional person, not overly emotional, but a little bit.. my husband would definitely agree with this :) I started to think back on all of the memories that the town held.. special memories and special people whom I will probably never come across in life again.. Amory is the town where I would travel twice a month for ultrasounds and infertility treatments when we learned we would not be able to conceive or carry a child on our own.. I remember the day before my last dr. visit before I conceived.. it was April 27, 2011.. it was the day an F-5 tornado destroyed much of Tuscaloosa, AL.. it was also a day of numerous other tornadoes in and around MS and AL. I remember watching the news and seeing that a very large wedge tornado was on the ground and was heading straight for Amory.. all I could think about was how I was supposed to go there the next day and get my u/s and shots and hopefully conceive on this cycle!! Obviously I was very worried about it wiping out the whole town and all of the people who would potentially be killed or displaced. Fortunately, the tornado moved at the last minute and ended up hitting the very small town just north of Amory named Smithville. It turns out it was an F-5 tornado as well, just like the one in Tuscaloosa and pretty much destroyed the whole town.. so very very sad. I ended up actually conceiving that cycle.. and we actually refer to Eli as the "twister baby". That should be a fun story to tell him later! Eli was also born in Amory.. I will always hold the lovely memories of Brenton speed racing to the hospital on that early morning of January 7, 2012.. speeding and swerving left and right to avoid hitting deer all while I was in the seat next to him trying my best to breathe through very frequent contractions and praying to God we would make it to the hospital alive :) Eli was born just a little bit after we arrived to the hospital. I had the very best OBGYN who not only helped make pregnancy possible for us, but who helped me through every part of my pregnancy and who was always there for me. When we encountered some problems in the pregnancy, he reassured me he would do everything possible to make sure baby and I would be okay.. doctors like that are very special people and are very hard to find.. the nurses in the hospital where I delivered Eli were just as nice and caring.. I wasn't forced to do anything I didn't want to do and they were there for me every step of my labor, birth, and postpartum care. I couldn't ask for more amazing care than what I received in Amory. Even after Eli was born, we would very often call the L&D of the hospital there to ask any questions we had about Eli, and each time we were treated with the utmost respect and care. Amory might be this tiny dot on a map of MS, but it is where motherhood officially began for me.. and will therefore always have a very special place in my heart.
While I will probably never see these amazing people again, I do plan on some day taking a trip down to Amory and showing Eli were his life began. And some day, when he asks me where he is from.. I will tell him, "Mississippi." Some of you may think this is absolutely silly for being sad about this.. but it is kind of upsetting leaving the area where you began your family.. we put down strong roots here and have learned to call it 'home'. God brought us here for a very special reason, and while I didn't realize it at the time.. I do now. Without some of the amazing people that God brought into our lives.. Eli might not be here today.. and for that, I am very thankful. While part of me wishes we could stay down here just for the great people and continue to get the great healthcare we have received, I know without a doubt, we will find just as amazing people and doctors in Omaha. God has a plan.. and while sometimes I want to fight it and go against it.. I have learned not to, and instead to wait on Him to show me his purpose for the new location he has decided to put my family and I in. I believe good things are waiting for us in Omaha.. and while its sad to leave some great people behind.. I have faith that God will provide a great life for us in Nebraska!
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