Sunday was a bittersweet day for me. It started off great! Family and friends converged to celebrate our girls’ dedication/baptism that was held at Calvary Church in Annandale, VA. Everything fell into place nicely - the girls were well behaved all through the service. The message was great. The church even put together a nice video of us that noted our struggle to conceive. I hope our story helped others who were going through their own “storms” of life. I’ll try to post pics of the day and the video in the near future - it’s a real tear jerker, though - particularly if you know us.
In contrast to the celebration of the girls was the sadness of seeing UConn lose to George Mason - a number 11 seed! I was already anxious because I was unable to see the game live - it coincided with the time we set aside to have people over to celebrate the girls’ dedications/baptisms. Thank God for TiVo - I simply watched the game after people had left. But why keep me in suspense - no need for overtime if they were going to lose anyway.
I will say this - UConn had played uninspired basketball all year. They were destined to fail. If they’re going to lose, I am glad they lost to a ‘cinderella’ - team. I only hope that George Mason wins it all. The real torture today is living in the DC area having to hear it from bandwagon fans of the beloved local team.
Note to self: next year the girls will be wearing Husky gear - like it or not!
In the end, however, the pain of a silly basketball loss goes away much more quickly when you have the unconditional love of two little girls to boost your spirits 
Congrats to my internet ‘multiples’ buddies who have their beloved LSU Tigers and UCLA Bruins left to root for. Keep making sure your kids wear the gear! Oh, and both teams, if they do not win it this year, I believe will be primed for another exemplary run next year.
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It’s always more meaningful when your team beats Duke.
