Blessed Assurance is what keeps us moving forward through each pile of paperwork, each moneygram sent to Ghana, and each hour spent reading and researching adoption, attachment, and trans-racial parenting. Heck, it's even what prompted me to use my treasured 30% off coupon at the Gap Outlet on a little boy whom I haven't yet met!
(Cute shirt in the pic up there, huh? That "more-hesitant-than-confident" face on the mama-to-be is another story! Busted!)
Lest we make this journey sound too easy, over-spiritualized, or independent: I must remind you that we could not have made it even this far without you (yes, YOU!) Your living and breathing hugs, handshakes, prayers, tears, emails, cards, and squeals of glee have truly touched both of us. You have rallied around us already and have demonstrated your excitement for what is to come. To know that we are welcoming a child out of loneliness and poverty and into YOUR community is such a praise-prompting blessing and we could not be more thankful. You're the best!