Treasure Family

Yes, I was on a quote search today. I have had a few things on my mind and was looking for just the right quote to sum it up, but in the meantime I ran across a few that I liked.

"No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?" Elbert Hubbard

"It is better to be destitute in the arms of your family, than bounding in wealth and alone." Wes Fessler

He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too. Benjamin Franklin

"The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just." Abraham Lincoln

There is no point in being full of love if you keep it all to yourself."Wes Fessler

All of these quotes have a special meaning to me personally. I guess that’s why I like them. A lot of which I can’t go in to detail about on here. Some of them bring up hurt that I have experienced, but that has also made me very convicted in my feelings about particular subjects. I’m sure like everyone else and their particular life experiences it makes us what we are today. Everyone is different and I realize that. I don’t try to judge, I just share who I am. I feel strongly about these quotes. I just wish I was creative enough to come up with them myself!! In particular, the last three quotes, in regards to adoption. The last one is pretty self explanatory and applies to life in general. The one from Benjamin Franklin and Abraham Lincoln are an encouragement concerning my fears. We may fail in adoption. We may have problems. It definitely won’t be easy and we will have trials, but I can’t let it deter us. The rewards are greater. Why keep the love all to ourselves? Continue to enjoy the ease of the blessed life we have had? That’s the easy thing to do. Sure, we have had problems in our life, but nothing on a magnificent scale. The typical problems of life, except when Allison had to have several surgeries under the age of two. Even then we were blessed that everything turned out fine. One thing about me is when I make up my mind to do something that’s exactly what I do. I DO IT. Now, making up my mind is the hard part. This decision took me years! I am not a decision maker, but when I finally do, it’s set in stone and I guess I am determined. Given, I do let my fears take over sometimes, but I just need a little nudge. I believe we are ready for the challenge. A challenge we have no experience with and don’t even know anyone that has experienced the challenges of bringing a new child into their lives. (At least not personally.) But I suppose we will learn as we go and I will probably have to come back and read this again many months from now when I am wondering what craziness I was thinking when I decided to do this!

Our homestudy should be up for approval THIS WEEK!!