About my children

So here's what has been the most important manifestation in my life. It is actually a great example of first manifesting what I didn't want, and then manifesting what I did want. Frankly, I think that a lot of LOA information glosses over the part of how easily we manifest that which we don't want because our focus is so often on what we don't want instead of restating that into what we do want.

Well, as far back as I can remember I wanted to grow up, get married, and have a lot of children. Of course as time went by there were different career goals that came and went, but the desire for a husband and children never left.

Somewhere along the way, the thought crossed my mind that I might not be able to have children and then what would I do. Unfortunately, instead of letting that thought just come and go I held it a little to long and gave it the chance to start to take root. For some reason I started to believe that I could never really have something that I wanted so much. And that belief grew deeper roots and eventually I guess I just accepted that. I didn't dwell on it, but it was always there in the back of my mind.

And do you know what was happening? The Universe was busy lining things up to make my belief a reality. But it wasn't what I wanted at all!!

I started my period when I was around 13 and within a couple of years I stopped having them altogether. It's really hard to get pregnant if your reproductive system isn't working at all.

So years later when I met and married my husband, I was still having the same issues. I had been to different doctors who told me all kinds of different reasons for my problems, but none of their solutions worked to get things back to normal.

When my husband and I decided it was time to have children, we both went through all kinds of tests. I spent a couple of years injecting myself with hormones and drugs that were supposed to help. And month after month, nothing changed. Then, somewhere along the way, my focus changed from being afraid of not being able to have children to simply asking FOR children. And honestly, once I let go of the fear that I had been holding onto and changed my focus, things happened rather quickly.

Here's a little word of advice to you....try to be specific when you are asking the Universe for what you want. It makes a difference.

You see, I asked for children. Over and over again I asked for children. And I got exactly what I asked for. I got 'children' in the form of quadruplets! I never asked for 'a baby' even though that's really what I expected, because who would ever think that I would need to be that specific. I knew that I wanted several children, it just never occurred to me that I should have to say that I expected them one at a time. But, the Universe answered my request in the most wonderful way and I wouldn't change a thing. The pregnancy was not an easy one--I spent 7 weeks in bed in the hospital. Not allowed to get out of bed, and not allowed to even sit up.--but I was certain from the start that I would have four healthy beautiful babies. I would not even entertain thoughts of anything being wrong and I wouldn't let other people talk about it around me. I only wanted positive attitudes. And it all worked out better than we could have ever imagined!

(This is an old picture -they're teenagers now- but it's one of my favorite.)

And, it's funny, because I didn't even know about the LOA back then. But my heart must have known, because that's what got me through it all. And when I did find out about the LOA it was my heart that told me that what I was reading was true.

Think about where your focus is. Is fear of what you don't want your dominant thought? Can you re-frame your desires into a positive form? Are you being specific? Because it all matters!