Infertility Blessings

I do want to mention that I am thankful for the many blessings that have come out of our infertility journey thus far. Here is a short list of occurrences that have happened in my life and my husbands that may not have happened if we were blessed with a child when we began trying:
1) Most importantly...we have gotten closer to God and to each other. We started to attend to a new church and there we met the priest who led us to learn the teachings of the Catholic Church on infertility and God's plans for families. This new priest has also led us to go to confession more than I ever have in my whole life! I grew up Catholic and went to a Catholic grade school. I rarely if ever went to confession. Now I go and I am can't believe I've ever lived without confession. I do feel the Lord's presence in the confessional.
2) I wouldn't be in grad school for a new career in teaching. I was so needing something new in my life as far as my career was going. I feel the Lord opened this door and the experience has been amazing. I do enjoy working with children and have found my education to be meaningful.
3) I know that my husband and I have become stronger people due to the infertility. God doesn't give us anything we can't handle right? At first, I didn't think I could handle it........but here I am, almost six years later.....still handling. I still have some bad days but on the most part, I have been able to fix my thoughts on the positives in my life. As each year passes and I get older, I have to focus on what I do have and not on what I don't have. Substitute teaching helps me to cope. I get part of my needs filled just by working with the children. Keeping busy helps!
I know there are more but those three stick out in my mind right now. Time does heal all wounds and over time we have come to terms with infertility. We have to live. We don't have control. We have God's strength in prayer.