Rain...Rain...Go Away!

Okay, so the weather was great in my last post.  In this post it has turned to days on end of rain.  I am finishing my last week of projects and I can officially say by two weeks from tomorrow I will be done with school!  I am so close to the end that I can taste it!  Yeah!   I had a break in my spirit last week.  It was all just too much.  I just felt like I could not move from one point to another without forgetting something.  Which is not too unusual but this jumping from insurance salesperson, to student, to child, to wife, to house cleaner, bill payer, grocery shopper was starting to take its toll. I told an old friend today that I see that God was holding out on giving us a baby until this point of school was over.  I am slowly shifting back into life and can't wait for summer!  Last weekend we celebrated my dad's birthday in French Lick.

 

The weather over the past weekend ended up with several trips to our basement because of storm warnings.  I made a quick trip down to see my parents and go to my childhood church for Easter.  There was a tornado in a small community that my family has a farm in.  It happens that my faux sister Jessica has a friend who lost his home in the tornado.  The couple are getting married in a month and lost alot of the belongings they were starting out with.  Below are some picks from my little trip home.  One trip took four different road to find one without water.  I sure am glad I live on a hill!

In regards to the monthly update on baby Hudson.  We had been looking into starting an international adoption along with our domestic.  However, it is not something we can do at the same time.  So we have chosen to stay where we are at.  We have an invested amount of time in the domestic program and just don't feel  we can start over right now.  There have been few babies placed in the state this year.  Silent prayers that this takes a turn.  No only for my family but the many others on this journey.  I get excited when I hear someone gets pregnant but it is super special when it one of those people you know had to wait so long for it or their adoption to process.  We just ask for prayers and I know it will all happen at a time that is just right for our family. 

"Life is all about timing...the unreachable becomes reachable, the unavailable become available, the unattainable...attainable.  Have the patience, wait it out.  It's all about the timing."

Spring Fever

The sun is shining and I so long to be outside instead of stuck at my computer doing school.  This must have been my frame of mind about an hour ago when I sat down to take a history test.  I guess the side of my binder hit my computer and submitted the test.  I had not answered one single question.  I am waiting on word to see if my teacher will reset it.  Oops! In one month this will all be over for the summer.

I have been doing a project for school and got to spend some much needed family time last week.  I had to interview my grandparents.  I take for granted how lucky I am to still have one set living.  It really was enjoyable interviewing them and hearing their stories.  They have lived through so much.  My grandfather was one of six children.  The kicker is both of his parents were deaf.  It was so moving to hear what they overcame as a family in a time when deaf people were looked at as ignorant.  I said as we were sitting at the table that strength must be something that runs in our veins.  It amazes me how so many people grow up or are in hopeless situations but prevail.

There is still no news on the adoption front.  We are exploring some other options but at this time want to keep those to ourselves.  I told Critt that I wished God would just send you notes every once in awhile.  They could say “Your doing the right thing…hang in there” or “Your taking taking the wrong path…this way.”  Doesn’t really work like that though.  You just have to keep the faith.

We have lots of fun activities planned in the next couple of months.  We are going to New York City, Las Vegas, I hope to make it to LA to see my aunt and the ocean.  So there is a lot to look forward to in the sunshine ahead!  Spring and Summer just seem to make the adoption road a little easier.  Maybe because we are able to get out and have fun. 

Speaking of faith and my grandparents.  My grandmother always said this too me when I was in a place of doubt or questioning decisions that I had made.  So she has repeated this quote often as I seem to hash out everything. So my quote for this post is:

“What is to be will be and what is not to be may still be too.”-Jennie Bennett