The Life I’m Learning to Become #4: Learning to Become Courageous
Two years after adopting Lorian and Calissa, Maya discovered that she was pregnant. She had learned how to care for two children. She had built a family with Nathan while constantly traveling in their campervan. She had learned to balance motherhood, family, work, and all the unexpected moments that came with raising children. But now there would be three. Could she really handle it? Maya hesitated to tell her family. Not because she was unhappy about the pregnancy, but because beneath the excitement was a quiet question she could not stop asking herself: Am I really ready for this? That night, Maya finally gathered her courage and told Nathan and their children. Nathan immediately smiled. “That’s good news,” he said. Lorian and Calissa were excited too. They wanted to know whether the baby would be a boy or a girl. They talked about becoming older siblings and wondered where the baby would sleep inside their campervan. Everyone seemed happy. Everyone except the part of Maya that...