Well you may have to wait for the “NOW” picture from the previous post. Hopefully I will be able to get all the kids together before they leave. Allison is at her cousins house this week *boo*! So we will continue that post later, I hope!
I got an email from our case worker today saying our homestudy will go for approval next week! That means in about 2 weeks or less we will find out if we are approved! I can’t believe it’s already time. It is going quicker than I thought it would. Of course, I have had lots of other drama to keep me busy. I have still had those thoughts questioning the adoption, but we are moving forward. We will see where we are lead. I still know forward is the direction, as scary as it is.
We got rid of 4 of the 8 chickens we had. I listed them on Craigslist and within minutes I got interested emailers. I never thought I would get rid of chickens! I thought we may have to “secretly” eat them! You can buy them anywhere, cheap! Craiglist is great, although it turned out to attract all duds when trying to get rid of our dog. I knew the people that I talked to about the chickens would show up. Sometimes you just have that feeling. They did show up and it was an older “farmer type” from Alvarado. He talked to us a little bit while we were loading up the chickens and just happened to mention that he had 2 boys in the truck with his wife that he adopted from CPS! Its amazing, and probably no coincidence, all of the people that God has placed in our path that are connected to adoption in some way. Its always been an influence in my life. And the fact that adoption even came up in our conversation was unusual. This couple is older and their kids are grown. They are completely starting over! They are even trying to adopt the boys baby sister too. I think it’s wonderful that people are willing to share their love and life with children when they could have the rest of their lives all to themselves. They were starting a little farm with goats, chickens and pigs for these boys. I have a special place in my heart for people like that. Especially men. Moms are born to be moms. Once men get the kids out of the house their job is done and they can afford all the toys . There is absolutely nothing wrong with that at all. Its scary giving all of that up, especially when you have "done your time". I am very lucky Mark has been completely supportive of adoption from the beginning and even encouraged me to keep going. I am just saying after the 10 minutes we spent with this man I knew he had a special heart. And for whatever reason, he was placed in our path for those 10 minutes of our lives. Maybe to ease the fear I had been experiencing or to reinforce to me that I am doing the right thing! I really wanted to get his number and stay in touch, but that seemed a little weird since he was from a Craiglist ad! I even felt like he was thinking the same thing. It was an awkward goodbye ending in “UH, ok, well thanks, Have a nice life!”
Everything else is going well. Just tired of the HOT!! I’m getting too old for it! Nick and Ally go to camp July 9. Probably about the time we will find out if we are approved or not. I haven’t really even considered “what if” we aren’t approved. I think I will be devastated and probably embarrassed. Pray for us!
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