tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559196589404180345.post7462737509918611379..comments2024-03-26T14:14:12.032-07:00Comments on His Hands, His feet: What's in a picture.....Serving the Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05855601974000983589noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559196589404180345.post-90943435458137725622010-12-27T13:17:19.415-08:002010-12-27T13:17:19.415-08:00Wow, Sonia, you are speaking some of the very thin...Wow, Sonia, you are speaking some of the very things that have been on my heart lately. I have been thinking that soon and very soon the rubber will be meeting the road when all the adoption talk becomes adoption walk. It reminds me of how wonderful a wedding engagement is (or at least mine was) when the couple is planning and dreaming of the wedding and registering for all the pretty dishes and even the colors for the bathroom towels. But really, the effort should be in preparing for being a helpmeet in marriage and learning to die to self and put someone else first daily. I often think of that during the excitement of the journey to adoption, as we (my family) clebrate every little milestone getting us closer and closer to our precious little guys. I like how you phrased it: adoption reality. I have no idea what our adoption reality will be like, and sometimes that is a little scary. OK, maybe a lot, LOL. But regardless, the Lord is always faithful, and I know I can trust Him, no matter what the adoption reality is really like.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559196589404180345.post-4616194321195734172010-12-27T10:47:03.791-08:002010-12-27T10:47:03.791-08:00Oh, how I have missed reading your blog!
I am glad...Oh, how I have missed reading your blog!<br />I am glad to be back.....lol!<br /><br />Anyway, I am so sure that your these two little ones will be just who they are created to be!<br /><br />I can not wait to see how all of you embrace each other and day by day become a family!<br /><br />Really? Only 21 more days??? Are you pumped, or what????<br /><br />:)Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953264748445346381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559196589404180345.post-70921671708627931952010-12-27T07:58:22.617-08:002010-12-27T07:58:22.617-08:00Wow six boys!
How Exciting!
Just found your blog a...Wow six boys!<br />How Exciting!<br />Just found your blog and am super excited to follow your journey!paul-and-lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18022189719819388276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559196589404180345.post-67885407283788725172010-12-26T21:04:38.107-08:002010-12-26T21:04:38.107-08:00Oh, the anticipation! Eagerly awaiting their arri...Oh, the anticipation! Eagerly awaiting their arrival...God will weave you all together perfectly.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17111555612816996918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559196589404180345.post-33878738559027624982010-12-26T19:42:40.446-08:002010-12-26T19:42:40.446-08:00I so can't wait to hear your adoption reality ...I so can't wait to hear your adoption reality as it unfolds. Thinking about you as you wait just a little longer...<br /><br />Blessings,<br />MonicaMonicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06675158254647844506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559196589404180345.post-63188332380546402772010-12-26T19:37:06.428-08:002010-12-26T19:37:06.428-08:00Oh Sonia, you said it so well!! I remember before...Oh Sonia, you said it so well!! I remember before Lizzie came home a wonderful family took video of her for us and told me to expect tears on "Gotcha" day. They said that she was very timid and shy! Yeah right!! Lizzie is far from shy and never timid!!! She is large and in charge and will let you know it if you do anything that displeases her - loudly!! LOL!!! Nothing like we expected but she just fits in here SO well!!!! I can't imagine her any other way! They will be who they are and they will be perfect for your family because the Lord chose your family for them!!!! I just cannot wait to see them with their beautiful new family! Oh and their are some blogs that get dropped from my blog list sometimes too!! Drives me crazy!!Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406486405095448755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559196589404180345.post-29534777239526202322010-12-26T19:04:32.567-08:002010-12-26T19:04:32.567-08:00Awesome post. Thanks for sharing! Always great t...Awesome post. Thanks for sharing! Always great to have reminders of this. Can't wait until Gotcha Day! :)Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03228094717864369438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559196589404180345.post-50928520708844662612010-12-26T18:38:11.219-08:002010-12-26T18:38:11.219-08:00Love this post! You have it EXACTLY right. When ...Love this post! You have it EXACTLY right. When we brought our 3 home from Ethiopia 18 months ago, reality hit when we realized that the children in the photos and in our minds were so different from the children God chose for our family. We are trying hard to minimize the pre-conceived ideas and expectations this go around. So hard not to do when you spend hours trying to gleen anything you can about them from those handful of photos. Especially love your last paragraph about it being challenging, keeping you up at night, but totally worth it! Blessings to your family! - Sherry SemlowSherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16224218898069106230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559196589404180345.post-16931896929832150512010-12-26T17:48:35.908-08:002010-12-26T17:48:35.908-08:00Looks to me like you better eat your Wheaties!Looks to me like you better eat your Wheaties!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16103378389155773502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559196589404180345.post-18165348341510542352010-12-26T17:24:02.731-08:002010-12-26T17:24:02.731-08:00I do the same thing- sometimes it is as I thought ...I do the same thing- sometimes it is as I thought it would be and sometimes- oh my- God has a different plan than I expected.<br /><br />In the end- all the questions you ask- the answers are still the same- it is oh so worth it!!Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00219821176198096628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559196589404180345.post-68890480425707095272010-12-26T16:03:30.234-08:002010-12-26T16:03:30.234-08:0021 days and you will see how these precious will b...21 days and you will see how these precious will become members of YOUR family!!! He will bless each and everyone of you and will be with you, alongside of you each and every step of this faithful journey you are on!!!<br /><br />Can't wait and just hoping I am there with you too!!!Sally-Girl!https://www.blogger.com/profile/15149755114322185870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559196589404180345.post-71926822951226761682010-12-26T14:39:24.895-08:002010-12-26T14:39:24.895-08:00I am so excited for you!! I remember staring into...I am so excited for you!! I remember staring into those pictures...trying to read their souls. I remember right after we got Wesleigh. She was laying in her bed and I was right beside her. She was staring at me like I had started at that picture for all those hours. I felt like she was trying to read my soul. It was so amazing. I can't wait to follow your journey! Everyone in China thought I was the bomb because I was blonde and had 3 boys! You are going to blow them away!!! lol...jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812758330851051793noreply@blogger.com