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| 5/23/2006
Dear friends and family, (I hope if you are reading, you are friends :) If you have ever watched American Idol, you will know that there is a song played every week..."So You Had a Bad Day..." Or something like that. Well, that is my theme song today. :) And I say that with any and all of the energy I can muster. It was a bad day. I feel like Alexander...it was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Maybe I will move to Australia. Or at least to Guatemala... The good news is that as far as I know it wasn't a bad day with Maria's case. We are just taking it one day at a time. We did find out recently that Guatemala City birth certificates are moving much quicker right now...so if we can get out of PGN, we might not have to wait too terribly long. Now getting out of PGN is another story...that is in God's hands. Please continue to pray for my friend who lost her husband (tragically) a couple of weeks ago. My heart is just aching for her...God will know who it is. Please pray for me. I have been very hurt by words today. (Nothing related to adoption nor the above prayer request) I wish I could be a duck and let words run off my back...but I just cannot. Again, I am just praying that tomorrow will be better. And finally (this isn't a prayer request), I have had it with AOL. If anyone knows a secret to being able to talk to someone who is in any kind of authority position...I would love to know who/what it is. It is very frustrating to find out from numerous people that their e-mails are being returned. And even more frustrating to find out that there is NO customer support willing to help. I don't even have a verse for tonight. If you think of one, share. Otherwise, I hope you have a good night. And I pray that tomorrow is better. |
| 5/24/2006
Psalm 18:46 The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my Savior! Guess what? Even after bad days, even DURING bad days, the Lord lives. And HE is my rock. I thought it only fitting last night that on American Idol, the "I Had a Bad Day" singer sang the song...what a good ending to my bad day. (Yes, I admit it, I am an American Idol junkie...yippee, Taylor Hicks!) I can't say I woke up today feeling refreshed and positive, but all in all, it was a better day. And I am SO thankful for that! We have a life change at our house. Okay, not a major one. But it is a big deal to us. We are parents...everything "first" is a big deal. Hunter lost his FIRST tooth tonight. He has had four wiggly teeth since December, and one grownup tooth has already pushed its way up (behind the first row of teeth). But I was honestly beginning to wonder if he would lose one; he is 7 1/2. Tonight he came up behind me (well after he should have been sleeping) to announce that he thought one was ready. I felt it, wiggled it, then realized it would HAVE to come out...I was worried about him swallowing it. I finally gave one final yank, and we have a new hole in his mouth! Now the tooth fairy is going to have to find some dollar bills (at 10:00 at night) to come for a visit. :) When my heart is happy, like it is right now, I sometimes can't help but be cynical...what is going to happen to break this? And it scares me. I don't know why I sometimes envision God as this magician who is playing with my emotions. I do know that bad will come again. Maybe even tomorrow. But again, I will have to rely on that verse. God is my ROCK...He doesn't want the bad for us, but He is there when it comes. A rock is a pretty sturdy thing. I can count on Him when I have the happy times...and the not so happy times. I am thankful for a God who is there for me. Aren't you? Keep praying for that reviewer in PGN who is looking at our files...pray that he will soon sign off, and that more importantly, the director will sign off...and we will be the parents of Maria Elizabeth (legally). Each night, the children pray, "Please let Maria get here soon." I think that prayer pretty much sums up everything we ALL are feeling right now. 3 more days until the end of school! It would be so fun to end with a phone call regarding PGN...after all, it was the beginning of school when we started all of this... |
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| 5/25/2006 Jeremiah 31:25 "I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint." I am a little freaked out. I saw an article in a magazine/newspaper that women who get less than five hours of sleep a night are more likely to be overweight. That doesn't bode well for me this week. The verse above says it all. I am weary. It has been a long week, emotionally and physically. I am trying to wrap up school loose ends, play mother to two precious children, and maintain some sort of sanity in our house. (I am failing in that area, it isn't looking too neat and tidy) I am longing for the weeked (rare for me with the adoption and all) so that I can sleep for a few hours. Please tell me it is coming soon. We are weary in our adoption process too. It has been a long period, over nine months now. In a pregnancy, I would have this beautiful little baby to show off to others. I only have pictures of a sweet baby/girl in a faraway land. And all we can do is wait. Wait on the Lord. I am reading on the message boards about the HUGE slowdown in PGN, which makes me even more weary. How long will we have to wait? Yet, again, I can only hope in the Lord...He is bigger than PGN. When it is the right time, Maria's case will be released. We ache for that day to come. Well, I must get back to some paperwork. Know that we are still here, still waiting. Just a little more weary than usual. (However, we would LOVE to hear from you! Guestbook hint, hint. :) |