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Today was my first
Job’s Daughters meeting in quite some time!
While it makes me feel old to think I saw my friend’s daughter get
initiated, it was still a great afternoon.
As I sat there listening to the story of Job, I made some new
connections. Looking back, Job’s
Daughters taught me the importance of faith and patience, especially when
overcoming adversity. While our
adversity is not really the same as Job’s, listening to his story today I could
relate it a lot to our journey. When you
start trying to get pregnant, all seems right with the world and you are full
hope. I’d be lying if I said I never
lost faith or got angry with God, but through the time we’ve spent on the
infertility road I’ve been able to move past that. Granted, some days I still get a little
frustrated and go “REALLY?!” but just
like Job we are going to overcome and in the end we will have our own reward. I could not begin to count how many times I
have heard the story of Job, and find it pretty awesome that after 21 years of
hearing it I’m still growing and learning!
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For those of you who
haven’t been around us since our start, Job’s Daughters is the Masonic
Organization for girls. It dawned on me
that I could use a flow map to write my blog this week, but I won’t! One night Moe came home from Lodge and shared
he put my name down for something. Poor
Moe had no clue what I was about to dive into!
J Job’s Daughters was my primary activity out
of school. In 1996, I branched out to
DeMolay Sweetheart on top of Job’s. Chapter
Sweetheart led to State Sweetheart which led to Joe Jones! J (There’s where I could have used the flow
map!) Between DeMolay and Job’s
Daughters, there was always something going to do. In 1999, I went to the Miss Indiana Job’s
Daughter pageant and became Miss Congeniality.
That started another year of travels and friendships thanks to Job’s
Daughters. When looking at pictures from
the wedding, it’s clear the impact Job’s and DeMolay had on us! We have been blessed with so many good
friends and really appreciate our memories from our Masonic Youth days.
There
are so many good memories of our travels, friends, and occasional mischief from
our Job’s and DeMolay days! Today, I was
just blessed to be reminded of them and how I can use those lessons learned and
apply them to our infertility journey! Patience is the main virtue I will continue to work on until we start our IVF cycle. Faith is another big one!
Have a wonderful week!
Love, Sarah & Joe
