I Have to Leave for Vietnam

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Friday, May 29, 2009

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Anh-Chi: My husband and I are packing our bags to leave for our trip to Vietnam. Right now, it still hasn't sunk in that I'm visiting my birthplace. I left the country when I was 4 years old, and I've never been back since. Although I'd love to make a "vacation" out of this trip, my husband and I really need to focus on his mom. We need to be by her side, and show her our utmost love and support. In the past several days, my mother-in-law has been overly ecstatic that we're visiting her. I even heard her health is starting to improve a bit, since she's so thrilled to see us soon.

Physical and emotional health are so intertwined, and sometimes we take that for granted. I'm especially more keen of this now that I'm trying to conceive. I was just talking to my dad the other day, and was concerned this trip to Vietnam would be too overwhelming. If I really am pregnant, I wouldn't want to put my body through excessive stress. So I'm promising myself every day that whatever happens, I'll do my best to deal with it as calmly as possible. I want to also be that "rock" for my husband and be the stronger one this time. If I'm an emotional mess, then it'll just make the situation tougher for him.

Right now, I have no idea what to expect ... whether or not I'm pregnant (even though my heart tells me I am), how much longer my mother-in-law will survive, and what I'll gain from this trip. That's the beauty of all this though ... charting unknown territory hand-in-hand with my best friend/husband. If you're reading this right now, please keep us and my mother-in-law in your thoughts and prayers. Even though you don't know her or even me, for that matter, I really believe in the power of collective prayer. I hope my mother-in-law can live that much longer, and maybe, just maybe, out of some miracle in the sky, become the grandmother she's been dreaming about for so long ...

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