IT SURE IS FROSTY HERE! HOW IS IT WHERE YOU ARE TODAY?
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Do You See Them?
As I trudged through the garden this morning, whistfully thinking of Spring and future trips to the greenhouse, I came across my Japenese Maple. If you look REALLY REALLY carefully you can see the tiny buds on the tip of the branches.
Ah............Spring...............how I wish you were here.....................
Monday, January 10, 2011
YIKES!
Watching Alec do this...................
and this................
made this little guy.............
want to try this.............
too!!Monday, January 3, 2011
Untitled.................
Why is this so hard to write about?
I've never really been one to be at a loss for words. But, then again, I've never been told that even though orphanages in China are full of children needing families, that I would have to wait 3 years and then admit that we aren't even close to getting a referral.
NOT EVEN CLOSE.......................................
And you know what? That really sucks. It sucks to write it and it definitely sucks to have to acknowledge it to myself. To have to tell my kids that "maybe" next Christmas we'll be closer to bringing Lauren home. And then realize that the "math" does not lie. The reality is that 2011 will most likely not be our year. 2012? Maybe............................
And I won't get into how I'm turning 40 this Spring. I'm not really sure if a mid-life crisis and international adoption go together very well. And for a girl that likes order and efficiency..............well, let's just say that this experience has been anything but orderly or efficient. sigh...................
What is has taught me is patience, perseverence, and humbleness. It has taught me to "let go" of the control. Accepting what I can't control and focus (as hard as it might be) on the positive.
The positive being that we are ALOT closer than we were 36 months ago.
The positive being that we are still financially, physically and emotionally committed to completing this adoption.
The positive being that "one more child" will know the love and security of a family.
The positive being that our family will gain.....a daughter..........a sister............a friend.
And here we stand.
3 years along the road to adoption.
It's been a bumpy road my friends.
A road I gladly travel.
As each step brings me closer to my daughter.
I've never really been one to be at a loss for words. But, then again, I've never been told that even though orphanages in China are full of children needing families, that I would have to wait 3 years and then admit that we aren't even close to getting a referral.
NOT EVEN CLOSE.......................................
And you know what? That really sucks. It sucks to write it and it definitely sucks to have to acknowledge it to myself. To have to tell my kids that "maybe" next Christmas we'll be closer to bringing Lauren home. And then realize that the "math" does not lie. The reality is that 2011 will most likely not be our year. 2012? Maybe............................
And I won't get into how I'm turning 40 this Spring. I'm not really sure if a mid-life crisis and international adoption go together very well. And for a girl that likes order and efficiency..............well, let's just say that this experience has been anything but orderly or efficient. sigh...................
What is has taught me is patience, perseverence, and humbleness. It has taught me to "let go" of the control. Accepting what I can't control and focus (as hard as it might be) on the positive.
The positive being that we are ALOT closer than we were 36 months ago.
The positive being that we are still financially, physically and emotionally committed to completing this adoption.
The positive being that "one more child" will know the love and security of a family.
The positive being that our family will gain.....a daughter..........a sister............a friend.
And here we stand.
3 years along the road to adoption.
It's been a bumpy road my friends.
A road I gladly travel.
As each step brings me closer to my daughter.
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