If you know Doug and I. If you know our hearts. Adoption resides there. Growing our family. Knowing that all HIS children should have a family. And I finally sent in the request {again because the first time it apparently didn't go through} I received the follow up email today I didn't expect the reaction that happened after reading that email. It was simple, just a few questions and some facts I didn't understand. A children services language all their own. I emailed back the social worker and then was told to call her. I didn't expect what I heard. No foster care to adoptions unless we are adopting children 10 or older. In my head I had it perfectly planned. Yes, it would not be easy or quick But we would adopt a younger foster care child, not a baby, A toddler or young child. Now our choices are foster care and then maybe adopt or a private agency. That's not how I had it planned out. No. That does not fit my box. My perfect ...
"we tend to stay away from mourning and dancing. too afraid to cry, too shy to dance. we become narrow-minded complainers, avoiding pain and also true human joy. while we live in a world subject to the evil one, we belong to God. let us mourn, and let us dance." -henri nouwen