Our Journey

We've been on this adoption journey for some time....through the paperwork and waiting and praying and paperwork and waiting and fingerprints and waiting and immunizations and waiting. 

Do you see a common theme here? 

The waiting.
And the waiting is hard...probably the hardest part of the journey.

Waiting takes hope.
And friends.
And faith.
Mixed in with love.
And family support.
To not go crazy.
Or get disheartened.

I joked with a couple of my friends that I think my pregnancies were easier.  At least then I had a "date" when the waiting would be over.  But with this, there is no such date. 

There.
Is.
Just.
The.
Waiting.

And as far as waiting goes, we haven't had to wait so long compared to some.  A friend of ours waited 8 months to travel.  I read this week of families who had been waiting since 2008. 

And boy...does that put things in perspective.

So we'll wait. 

And through the waiting, I'm learning to not check e-mail every minute.  (My e-mail doesn't know what to think.)  :)

And through it all, my little boy waits for us...

And knowing that makes the waiting a little easier.

So here's to waiting...at least one more day.

Lauren