A thought...

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you.”
Matthew 7:7 (NIV)

I have 2 friends that are currently visiting their children in far off lands. International adoption must be hard. Knowing your child is so far away and you are here has got to be gut wrenching. I know it is hard for us Domestic Adoption parents, being matched and then waiting to see if it all goes through.

Through this adoption process I have grown up alot. Not just as a person but as a friend too. We have very different lives, come from all walks of life, but we have one common thread that keeps us close and friends...ADOPTION. I always knew I wanted to adopt. From the moment I was created, our family already had adoption in it. My brother was adopted. So from day one...I had it in me. Adoption was the plan. I never thought I would have infertility in my life, but maybe that was God's plan for me. To be infertile so that would ensure that I would adopt. We all have various reasons why we want to adopt. Some are infertile or some want to expand their family and can no longer do it biologically. Case in point. A situation has come their way, a friend of mine. Please pray that the best thing happens for these children. It would be wonderful for their family to grow through adoption.

I have never been the person to think that I deserve to be an adoptive parent. I have worked very hard at trying to become one. I know the situation that we have, could have the possibility of her not placing...I understand that, and it has happened to us before. (There was a little boy in May that we were chosen for, and the birth mother left the hospital, with the notion that we would be there to pick the baby up. Well we all know that we did not end up having that baby of our own. ) We have had many heartaches in our marriage when it has come to children. We have had our hopes and dreams shattered before. It is never easy when it happens but it does happen. We are still cautiously optimistic that this is OUR baby. All signs are ago...the situation that no one knows but us, our attorneys and "A".

I love having the lord in my life...he makes it so much easier when you fall to get back up again. We are still patiently waiting for the arrival of our baby. Patients is a virtue...