Waiting that is.
We've been on the referral list for five months now.
February 27th will be one year since we started our adoption process.
One year!
It honestly doesn't feel like a year.
These past five months since our adoption dossier was sent to Ethiopia have seemed longer.
I guess because ALL we have to do is WAIT.
What? (That's what I think sometimes...just wait.)
We get these little email updates from our agency that tell us every week that we are "on the cusp" of things really picking up in Ethiopia.
So, I guess we're waiting "on the cusp" to become "the real deal."
In the meantime...
I've written our D-Now curriculum, read a lot of books, bopped around with the one and only John Owen Thurman, picked up the nasty habit of running and now.... wait for it....
I'm making a quilt.
Hard to believe, I know, that I'd sew something to pass the time.
But I am and I'll post pictures so you can pass the time with me.
(In all honesty though, we're hoping to not just pass the time, but to really get what God is showing us.)
I attend Bible Study Fellowship on Wednesdays and my group leader commented to me that she appreciated my honesty and transparency.
This is not the first time that someone has said something like that to me. (Shocking, I know.)
But it made me think, "Is that unusual? Should I be different?"
Then I surmised that it's just a lot easier for me to be open and honest even if sometimes it's a little uncomfortable.
So, here's an open and honest truth...I really, really, really, really, really wish my sweet Ella Grace was still alive and here with me and we were waiting for a referral for little Thurman number three instead of two.
But God is Good and His Ways Are Best!!
