I'm still here....

....waiting.

A friend of mine wrote this on FB this morning:

"I'm not a fan of how the adoption wait can zap away days, weeks of your life.

I guess only if/when you let it but I have a very hard time balancing the here and now..."

That's exactly where I am right now.

Struggling to not let this adoption wait

zap away the here and now.

{my easy load}

So, I was kind of a whiny baby the other day.

I'm done with that {for now}.

I have MUCH to keep me busy
and to be thankful for!

I'm ecstatic for my friends
who have precious babies

waiting on the other side of the world for them!

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I'm a music person.

Lyrics and music speak to me.

I can't get away from this song:

So, I'll just keep singing this song and think about
my "easy load".

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His Hands {obviously} is still heavy on my heart.

 They need such a seemingly vast sum of money 

in such a short amount of time.

Did you know that His Hands has

processed 45 {FORTY-FIVE} adoptions

in less than 5 years?

FORTY-FIVE children

have gone to loving homes

where they'll learn about Jesus' love

and how He died for them!

And this doesn't include

the countless hurting, scared mothers

that they've taken in--

given them somewhere to live,

shown them the love of Jesus,

supported and counseled them in their decisions

to either keep their precious babies

or make the heartbreaking, selfless choice

to give them up for adoption

when they themselves couldn't care for them.

"So, what does this have to do with me?
 What can I do?"

--you might ask.

His Hands needs YOUR help to

keep ministering to these mothers
and the sweet babies.

They need to come up with a
large amount of money

in a short amount of time.

What can you do?

Well, do you see that new little Chip-In thing at the

top of my blog?

That's how you can help.  You can donate.

There's no set amount.  ANY little bit helps!

And tell your friends!  Spread the word!

People can't help if they don't know there's a need.

THANK YOU!!!

Here's the direct link to the His Hands Chip-In page.

{dead end job}

I hesitate to post this, but I'm pretty sure not many people read my blog anyway.  And I try to be honest.  So, here goes.....

Sometimes this adoption waiting thing feels like
a dead-end job.

Imagine this:

You work at this job that you don't really like.  You have others that you work with.  You DO like them.  You all suffer through it together.  The job is no fun, but it's bearable because they are there doing the same "no fun" job with you.  You work with these people for months.  You laugh and cry together.

 But then something happens.
One day, several of your co-workers are promoted!!!  To a FABULOUS job--the best job ever!!  You are ecstatic for your friends!  Overjoyed for these that you are so close to that have this
fabulous new position.

But suddenly your job seems even more unbearable.  You feel very alone.  It's unbelievable how a promotion can change things so quickly--in minutes.  Your friends are suddenly far above you--moving forward-- and you feel stuck back in time.  You know that someday you will receive this same position.  Someday--you will be promoted to this amazing job too.  But for now, you're left behind.

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I've done this adoption thing before.

And adoption is AMAZING!!!

Don't get me wrong.

I wouldn't trade it for ANYTHING!

But {for today} I'm stuck back here in this dead end job.