I’m keeping busy with cleaning, napping, journaling and checking my phone every 3 minutes to see if I’ve missed a call 🙂 I don’t know about you other ladies, but thinking that I’m going to be a mommy in the next 10 days (and that’s stretching it out for my own peace of mind) is… Continue reading Nursery
One of my favorite teacher blogs titles all of her posts with lines from songs. I wish I was that creative… First, someone go show love to Prabha. She and her hubby traveled 8 hours yesterday thinking they would bring home their baby, but instead returned home empty-handed. I think that is every pre-adoptive parent’s… Continue reading And We Will Wait…
No news yet! Well, no birth news. I think I’ll chalk that last post up to a wicked mix of feelings: the final two-week stretch (which I hear from everyone is the worst, second only to the hospital wait), PMS, holiday blahs, stress… I still feel like I’m swimming through tar and can’t quite “get… Continue reading Nope…Not Yet!
How many times a day to I say to my students, “Listen to me.”? Countless, I am sure. How many times a day does the Holy Spirit say to me, “Listen to me.”? Countless, again, I am sure. Today I listened. Last Thursday (of course) we got an email from the paralegal at the lawyer’s… Continue reading Listen…
Throughout this whole process, it seems that Thursday is our “magical” day. Of course I don’t really believe in magic (well, maybe Disney magic…). But every important thing has happened on a Thursday: Meeting the adoption social workersMeeting the lawyerBeing approvedGetting “the call”Getting our first letter from SGetting every letter, in fact, from SGetting ultrasound… Continue reading Another Thursday
I have a whole post brewing in my brain about the definition of family. I’ve recently been conversing (via the blogosphere) with an adult adoptee who is very respectful of my questions. Today on the drive home, I began to wonder about the definitions of words such as “parent,” “family,” “step-parent,” “sister,” “brother,” etc. etc.… Continue reading Fear & Future Posts
SO…our lawyer called us a little over a week ago. S, is moving into a new apartment on November 1. She (so I’m told) shyly asked the paralegal if she thought we would want to maybe come see her new apartment, let her make us dinner, and meet her other children. Wow. We’ve gone from… Continue reading Help! I need advice!!
It’s definitely a boy!!!! I should be writing my message for the chapel service I’m doing at school tomorrow, but instead, here I am on blogger. We got a letter from our lawyer today. Actually, the letter is from S, sent to us via the lawyer. Enclosed were ultra.sound pi.ctures. I am crying massive tears… Continue reading Tears and Fears
When I started this blog, it was for me. I admit it – I’m selfish. I wanted to know I wasn’t alone, and I wanted to keep a record of our journey. But sometimes it’s so intimidating to write it. I read my blogroll (see the right side of my page) and I am amazed… Continue reading Friday Night Ramblings…
We find out tomorrow if we’re having a boy or a girl. We are SUPER excited. It’s terribly difficult to name a baby. How come no one ever talks about that? We’d like to at least narrow it down to a gender!!! So check in tomorrow…there will be an announcement 🙂 By the way, S… Continue reading Update!!!!
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