Courage of the courageous

So we went to a lecture last night given by the author of the relatively recently released book Infertility in the Bible. All of us who go through infertility have a unique story to share and have faced challenges specific to our unique situation, but one thing that this lecture proved, and we must continually remind ourselves of, is that we are all courageous individuals. Whether it is the trauma we put ourselves through physically and/or emotionally, whether it is our smiling face for others happiness, or whether it was the ability to just get out of bed on any given morning - we are courageous. However, as the lecturer also pointed out - we do not need to face this alone - even if we are uncomfortable talking with individuals or attending support groups we have the ability to obtain immense levels of support from our matriarchs and patriarchs - how they dealt with infertility and how they dealt with suffering in general. May we all have the courage to continue our battles and see our prayers for children answered.