There was a time when I didn't know if I would ever hear the word "mommy". Times I thought it would never happen to me. I knew I wanted to be a mom since the time I was a little girl. There was no question about it. Fast forward to 2003 when I got married. I married an amazing man and I was blessed to have found him. I couldn't wait to have kids. I never would have dreamed what lay ahead for us. The years of infertility.Through it all I some how clung to the hope that I would be a mom. There were days that I just had to hold tight to my faith and trust that the Lord had a plan. I knew that He had put that desire in my heart from the time I was a little girl and I believed that it would come to pass. God was faithful and continues to be faithful to give me the desires of my heart. The journey to motherhood has been long and painful, but this little munchkin of mine. makes

it all worth it. My family is the joys of my life and they bring me so much happiness everyday. I love you Jason and Elijah with all my heart.

To my Mom and Dad. Thank you for giving me life and for raising me. Dad I can not thank you enough for teaching me to know and serve the Lord. You were and continue to be a wonderful example for me to follow. I know I say it all the time. Mom I am so grateful that you have always been such a good example and strong role model and hard worker. To this day, you continue to be a great example to me and I am so glad that Elijah has such a wonderful yai and grandpa. I love you mom. I am so blessed to have so many helpful examples in my life. I love you all and thanks to Jason's Mom Nonna we love you , Thank you for always being here for us. Thanks to everyone including my sister's in law's. We love you and all your support. All our friends, family you know who you are we are blessed to know you! We are grateful for are good friend also Nanna Dian she is wonderful and helps us out so much. I am so glad we are surrounded by wonderful people. Makes life so much easier. Thank you to Yai nang too. We could go on and on but you all know who you are.

As I think about our journey over the last 8 in a half years I am humbled and amazed at what God has done. As I listen to daddy struggling to put Elijah to bed upstairs and him fighting it every step of the way, I am thankful even in the hard times because I know it was all worth it. My boy is worth it, I tell people all the time that my scars of infertility are just that, scars. They will always be with me. They might fade over time like scars often do, but they will never go away. Why did God choose me, choose us, to walk this path? I don't know, but what I do know is that I am a much better person, a better mom I believe because of it. My relationship with the Lord has grown in ways I would have never known had I not gone through infertility. My relationship with my husband is stronger today because of it. I would have never picked this journey to go on, but I am glad He chose me. Thank you Lord for seeing us through and continuing to walk us through this journey you have for us. Thank you for blessing me with our sweet son Elijah. I am proud and honored to be called "mommy". This video is amazing. I feel like it was written just for me. I would die for that it is playing on my mixpod if you wanna hear it.