I have learned to rely on my Heavenly Father through my rough times and my good times. I love knowing that my prayers will be answered even if it's the answer I don't want. My faith has increased and my testimony strengthened just through these last 6 months(and through out most of my pregnancy) due to the birth and raising up of my little girl! I know my Heavenly Father loves me because he sent me my little girl to brighten even my darkest day.
"Mothers go longer on less sleep and give more to others with less personal renewal for themselves than any other group I know at any other time in life. It is not surprising when the shadows under their eyes sometimes vaguely resemble the state of Rhode Island...You are doing God's work. You are doing it wonderfully well. He is blessing you, and He will bless you, even-no, especially- when your days and your nights may be the most challenging. Like the woman who anonymously, meekly, perhaps even with hesitation and some embarrassment, fought her way through the crowd just to touch the hem of the Master's garment, so Christ will say to the women who worry and wonder and weep over the responsibility as mothers, 'Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole.' and it will make your children whole as well."
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland "Because She Is a Mother"
