Essay Contest

I entered an Essay Contest it's not the best I've ever written, but it was fun to try and do something I've never done.

Here's my essay:

Three Blessings
Mike and I had been married for 5 years and purchased our first home together. We decided to actively try to conceive. We both knew that there was a possibility it would be difficult for us, I had been diagnosed with endometriosis & PCOS. We hadn't been preventing pregnancy for about a year and decided to meet with a reproductive specialist. Many tests, appointments, hormones, and months of negative results the specialist determined IVF was our only viable option. We now had been actively trying to conceive for almost 2 years. Three years of nothing and many disappointing, frustrating moments we came to the answer we had been looking for, ADOPT. This was our FIRST BLESSING, peace came over our home. No longer were we concerned with my broken body, and negative test results. We began a new journey to build our family, and it felt good.
After 6 months we were approved to adopt. Our caseworker called to tell us that a birthmother was looking at our profile she was scheduled to deliver via c-section January 18th. We were excited, but tried not to get too attached since 9 other couples were being considered. A week later we hadn't heard anything so we figured didn't get selected. Our caseworker called a few days later and told us the birthmother had not decided yet, but would like more information from us. We e-mailed the added information to our caseworker and didn't hear back. On January 9th our caseworker called, a baby girl had been born on January 8th and the birthmother wanted us to be her parents! This was our SECOND BLESSING, we were going to be PARENTS! We were so excited, January 10th was a miracle day. It was the hardest and best day of my life.
When Lilly turned one we promptly began our adoption paperwork It's been two years since we started try to adopt again. We are still waiting to be chosen by birthparents. I want to say that this time adopting has been just as peaceful as the last time, it hasn't been. I have moments of clarity, and peace. Not often enough, we pray for our family to grow, we pray for comfort. We've been sending out letters and cards to our loved ones pleading for their help. We celebrated our ten year wedding anniversary this year and I will also be 30. Life still continues at our home, we love each other and thank Heavenly Father and Lilly's birthmother every day for our Lilly. But something is missing, we long to have another child and Lilly even prays for a baby brother or sister, we are missing our THIRD BLESSING. It seems harder this time too Lilly is feeling the loss of not having a sibling, this breaks my heart. It's harder than knowing I will never conceive. Because it's something I can not give her. I can only hope and pray that something big will happen soon.