3/17/2006 Happy St. Patrick's Day! Did you get pinched? I did by my son...once early this morning when I had on my pj's and once this afternoon when I WAS wearing green. He said he was just "practicing". I suggested that it not happen again. :)
Anyway, the verse that keeps coming to mind is 1 Peter 5:7, which happens to be the first Bible verse I remember learning at a very young age. "Casting all your cares upon Him, for He careth for you." And it isn't that I feel very burdened...at least today. Always subject to change tomorrow. But obviously every day we don't get an update on the case is another day further away from bringing our baby home. I am really starting to miss her. (I do realize that we are closer to bringing her home than we were yesterday...isn't it strange how it works both ways?) And I keep having these doubts creep in, like "Is the lawyer really trying to get our case submitted?" Or what if we get in the family court that really dislikes American adoptions? But again, I cannot worry about that. Or I can, but it won't do any good. All I can do it cast those on Him...He cares for me. He knows what is best for me. Even, especially when I don't. Don't I sound so strong and brave when I type that? Okay, I don't always feel that way. But I am learning, God, I promis I am learning.
Blessings for today. Hmmm...definitely the Mountain Dew in the lounge...just what I needed for lunch today. I usually save that for a dinner meal, but I needed it about lunchtime. Thank you, Mrs. Barnett. And that 3:00 bell. That was a blessing. The kids were RARING to go. Too bad they won't get to run around much this week due to the crazy weather that has moved in. Then we come back and go straight into standardized testing...oops. I forgot, I am naming blessings. Finally, an update. Not on our case. Just on Maria. She is growing. She weighs over 22 and 1/2 pounds now! And we got lots of pictures, which I hope to share with you this weekend. She looks so serious in them, so different from the other pictures I got this week of her. (Twice in one week!!! This next month will be especially long without those pictures coming in :) But one of the neatest things about the pictures...she has on the shoes we gave her. It is the first time we have seen something we gave her on her in a picture. (Since she is in a Hogar, our gifts are community property...which is fine with us...but it did make us feel a little connected to know she had a gift from us on :)
On a sidenote, which I am famous for, get better, Gabriel. Aunt Reba and Uncle Mark (and Hunter and Lauren) are SO sad you are SO sick. We hope you start to feel better soon, that nobody else at home gets it, and that your momma can get a little sleep too. We love you and hope to see you when you are feeling better. |
