Laugh So You Don't Cry

Its a little strange how God points us in certain directions.

The past month has been a little bit of a rollercoaster as far as life events go. If this is the way you find out and you wish that I had called you….I apologize… This is just one of those things that is easier for me to write than say “out loud”.

With that being said, I had a very happy bit of new that turned into some very unhappy news. We found out a few weeks ago that we were going to have a baby. Armed with that piece of information I made the decision that it was time to move on from my current job. I have been working at an office run by another Chiropractor for the past year and its become apparent that I don’t need to put my fate (as well as my family’s fate) in the hands of another individual. I won’t say that the “baby news” was the only reason for my decision to leave…but it really made the decision much easier.

We started looking for possible locations, filling out the necessary paperwork, and getting all of the needed equipment for the new office.

Everything has been falling into place alot better than I expected until we got some terrible news. About a week back we found out that we were going to lose the baby. Everything stopped as we tried frantically to figure out what was wrong as well as make sure that we were taking care of my wife. Considering that we’ve been trying to have a child for around a year now, we were very upset. Right now we’re just trying to figure things out.

Even though things haven’t worked out like we’d hoped, we’re moving forward with opening the new office. I will be putting in my last days at Create Wellness in Poplar Bluff this week and we will be opening Adkins Chiropractic within the next few weeks. Its a scary thing, but I believe that its the right time.

As far as the “baby” goes… I don’t know…. I’m just trying to figure things out. I’m not one to sit around a wallow though. We’re going to continue to move forward and try to follow God’s plan.

Right now I believe that God’s plan is to get the office open so we can help more people get well.

Thanks for reading and please keep Kelli and I in your prayers.

Dr. Ben Adkins

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