Still waiting . . . with nothing new to report.
:)
We are getting close to some of the pieces in our portfolio expiring. We will need to make a decision about going forward (repaying) or letting them expire.
Your prayers are certainly appreciated as we try to discern what God might be saying to us at this point.
12.20.2011
5.08.2011
Mother's Day Thoughts
Today was the perfect Mother's Day....almost. My wonderful husband went out and got me breakfast, and he didn't get me just one breakfast but my two favorite indulgent breakfasts - an egg & cheese biscuit and a red velvet doughnut. I ate them both. We went to church, came home and ate a light lunch as I was still quite full from my special breakfast.
Then I did something that I never do. Anyone who knows me can tell you that I never take naps. EVER. I am not a napper. Only when I am very ill am I able to sleep during the day time. However today, while Mike & Sam laid down in the house, I went out to the back yard to take a nap. Yes, my back yard.
When I got home Saturday afternoon finally completing my busiest week of the year, Mike and Sam surprised me with my very own hammock for my back yard. I have been not so subtly mentioning for weeks now how I would love to have a hammock in my yard. I had the perfect place picked out in between 2 trees in the corner of the yard. Did I expect to actually get it? No. :)
But when Sam took me outside for my surprise, I really did almost burst into tears. It was perfect. And they had worked all morning to put it up for me. So today, I took my i-pod out to my brand new hammock, laid down and went to sleep. I slept for an hour; then I was on my stomach playing on my phone, but it was the most relaxed I have been in weeks.
After nap-time, we loaded up and went to P.F. Changs in Chattanooga for a perfect Mother's Day dinner. When we returned home, Sam & I took Charlie, our 6 month old miniature schnauzer, out for a nice long walk. It really was a wonderful day. I can honestly say it was one of the best Mother's Days I have ever had.
It would have been perfect except for one niggling thought in the back of my head that there was still one thing missing. Somewhere out there I know there is a little girl that God has picked to be in our family. She needs us, and we need her. Maybe by Mother's Day next year she will be here.
Then I did something that I never do. Anyone who knows me can tell you that I never take naps. EVER. I am not a napper. Only when I am very ill am I able to sleep during the day time. However today, while Mike & Sam laid down in the house, I went out to the back yard to take a nap. Yes, my back yard.
When I got home Saturday afternoon finally completing my busiest week of the year, Mike and Sam surprised me with my very own hammock for my back yard. I have been not so subtly mentioning for weeks now how I would love to have a hammock in my yard. I had the perfect place picked out in between 2 trees in the corner of the yard. Did I expect to actually get it? No. :)
But when Sam took me outside for my surprise, I really did almost burst into tears. It was perfect. And they had worked all morning to put it up for me. So today, I took my i-pod out to my brand new hammock, laid down and went to sleep. I slept for an hour; then I was on my stomach playing on my phone, but it was the most relaxed I have been in weeks.
After nap-time, we loaded up and went to P.F. Changs in Chattanooga for a perfect Mother's Day dinner. When we returned home, Sam & I took Charlie, our 6 month old miniature schnauzer, out for a nice long walk. It really was a wonderful day. I can honestly say it was one of the best Mother's Days I have ever had.
It would have been perfect except for one niggling thought in the back of my head that there was still one thing missing. Somewhere out there I know there is a little girl that God has picked to be in our family. She needs us, and we need her. Maybe by Mother's Day next year she will be here.
4.17.2011
2 years later still waiting patiently (most of the time)
Next month is the 2 year anniversary of my trip to the Philippines. It was immediately after that trip that we began our adoption process. Today I went to a get-together with 3 of the girls who went on that trip. They are graduating from college and now moving on with their lives. I am so excited for them, but it reminded me how much time has passed while we have been waiting. On Friday I mailed off our I-800a form to USCIS (immigration). It is our first extension since we applied for approval almost 18 months ago. After the initial 18 months, you are allowed to apply for one free extension. If something does not happen soon, we will have to pay the fees again and get a new set of fingerprints done. (Just in case we have committed any felonies since our last fingerprinting.) :)
We have always said that we trust that God will send us the right child at the right time. I still believe this although sometimes now it seems more like a faraway dream than an actual reality. One day recently my son Sam came home from his first grade class with a little toy pony with a crown. I asked him why he picked that toy, and he said, "I picked it for my sister." And yes, I had to hold back the tears. He brought it home and put it on the dresser in "her" room.
So for now, I will continue to TRY to wait patiently even when it feels like everything in our lives is on hold. Because I know that things are really not on hold. We continue to love and laugh together. Sam is now almost finished with another year at school and at least a few inches taller than when we started this process. But someday (hopefully soon) we will bring his sister home to see her special pony on her dresser.
We have always said that we trust that God will send us the right child at the right time. I still believe this although sometimes now it seems more like a faraway dream than an actual reality. One day recently my son Sam came home from his first grade class with a little toy pony with a crown. I asked him why he picked that toy, and he said, "I picked it for my sister." And yes, I had to hold back the tears. He brought it home and put it on the dresser in "her" room.
So for now, I will continue to TRY to wait patiently even when it feels like everything in our lives is on hold. Because I know that things are really not on hold. We continue to love and laugh together. Sam is now almost finished with another year at school and at least a few inches taller than when we started this process. But someday (hopefully soon) we will bring his sister home to see her special pony on her dresser.
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