Reflection…This time last year, I had no idea of the journey ahead. I had no idea my life was about to be turned upside down…with all that had been going on in the last few years with world and COVID -being an essential employee and finding creative ways to do be safe and still give people treatment-kids moving home and moving out-you would think we would have been used to chaos and living one day at a time. Then I woke up in the middle of night in pain. Weird pain. Pain that felt familiar-some cramping that just didn’t feel “normal”. I have always had horrible periods, but this felt different. Lots of pain in my back. I waited for Shane to get up -yes, I waited,just in case I was wrong-and told him I thought I had a miscarriage during the night-you should have seen his face-love, concern, shock, awe, confusion-now, it was 4am but wow-He was speechless. We were not trying to get pregnant. Would not have believed we could at this point. But turns out we were, and I was right. Took some (major) help of my amazing PCP to get me in for an ultrasound because things were still hurting and “just not right” Ended up with an ectopic pregnancy and had to have immediate surgery. Strangely enough, this was the second time we had heard this diagnosis. Last time was as the beginning of our kids, so now there are two “extra” Walton siblings hanging out with Jesus waiting to meet us 🥰