Six-Word Memoir

Kolby gave his students an assignment last week to write a Six-Word Memoir--a platform for storytelling where the goal is to tell your life story (or at least a big part of it) in only six words.  He offered his as an example:

Hello. I do. It's a boy!

He asked me to come up with one, but I couldn't do it.  Writing and creativity are his strengths, not mine.

Then today I had a conversation with a friend at work where the story behind Beckett came up.  I hadn't realized how long it'd been since I'd shared that story.  The infertility diagnoses.  The 1-2% chance.  The cyst.  Surgery day.  The nurse walking in with a positive pregnancy test.  The worry at the beginning, when it was unfathomable how my body could sustain a pregnancy.  The miracle of life.

The conversation reminded me what a truly amazing story it is.  It's a story Beckett will have for life.  It's a story of God's power and His faithfulness, something we will always proclaim.

On my drive home I finally came up with my memoir:

We prayed for healing. God answered.