Another Picture

We recevied another picture of Selah today. I love these pictures, but receiving them are bittersweet. With each one, we see how our daughter is growing and maturing without us. As a mother, it is gutwrenching to think about my baby being across the world being raised by someone other than her family. I try not to think about it too much.

On a very happy note, some dear friends from church have decided to host a garage sale/ fundraiser for us. It is really a neat thing because we had been praying about where our next payments would come from. Apparently, this is how God answered our prayer- and in a way we never would have expected! What a blessing!

I just do

I'm taking a break from taking a break this evening as my mind is laden with thoughts of my precious daughter still waiting for us in Vietnam.

People have asked me if I expect to feel the same kind of love for Selah that I do for my "birth" kids. I can tell you with all honesty and sincerity- that yes- I do. I don't know how it works. I don't know why God has seen fit to bless our family with three amazing children, but He has, and I love them all. I love them all the same.

My children..... my children. There's is no choice about it. There's no rhyme or reason for the love I feel for them- all three of them.

I just do.

Taking a Break

Thank you all so much for your encouragement from the previous post. I would like to say that I was not fishing for compliments, but in all honesty, I was hoping for some! Thank you to those that commented, e-mailed, and called.

I have had a crazy few weeks- lots of company and lots going on. With the craziness that seems to be piling up in my life right now, I'm going to take a vacation from blogging for a while. I need to take advantage of this time with my boys before we add another one to the mix and I fear that blogging has become too much of a distraction for me lately.

All that to say, I WILL be posting if there is any adoption news at all and we plan on updating the blog when we are in Vietnam. We are still hoping and praying for travel in July or August, but, as we have learned with international adoption, there are absolutely no guarantees.

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers.

Ugly

This is not a current picture of me. It doesn't even really look like me (I hope). But, it's kind of how I've been feeling lately. Ugly. I've just not been in the mood to write anything inspiring or uplifting, so, if nothing else, maybe you can look at this picture and think, "Hey- I'm not so bad after all!"

And, no, no one hit me. That is a zit right in the middle of my eyes.

Wisdom

Jeff and I ran across this verse in Proverbs last night-

Like cold water to a weary soul, so is good news from a distant land. (Proverbs 25:25)

It seems very fitting for our situation right now, doesn't it???

Jeff started reading the whole chapter and came across the verse right before it-

It is better to live in a corner of the roof than in a house shared with a contentious woman. (Proverbs 25:24)

Jeff, of course, thought it was hilarious. And, I must say, that I also laughed out loud. What on earth could the writer have been experiencing at the moment he wrote that?? A difficult wife? An irate sister? A disagreeable mother-in-law? Oh, the possibilities...........