The Before

There is a lot of change coming in this little life of mine. There are so many things going on, and so much to hope for. I find it hard to keep my mind on work and every day "to do's". I will be focused on a simple task and without warning, become distracted by emailing an adoptive family or working on adoption paperwork. I know it is just the beginning, but I look forward to the challenge. It has been a long time in coming.
From what I am reading and hearing, I guess I should get comfortable with the waiting process of this adoption thing. We have found an agency that we are hoping will work with, but the process is expensive and seems ridiculously long. God has his reasons, and I trust his timing and resources far better than my own.
There have been few times in my life when I have struggled at explaining my reasoning for things. Adopting from Ethiopia is one of those topics. While I could list for you, many factual reasons why Ethiopia and Africa, in general, it is the ache that sits on my heart that is my strongest reason. It is because of this pull that I hesitate to try to explain any of the real facts behind the grave circumstances for the children in Ethiopia. It is what many may call a woman's intuition or "gut feeling", but it feels so much stronger than that. Beyond explanation,all I can do is pray that God uses is to point me in the right direction and make a very clear path.
As for Garrett and I, we are doing well. I am reminded every day what an amazing man I am married to. I genuinely believe that there are only a handful of men as accepting, patient and truly good. Garrett has an medical school interview in Bethesda, MD the first week of October. I am so excited for him. I know it has been something he is looking forward to. I even got to go with him! Yeah! We have never been to the area before and it will be a great opportunity to see the Washington D.C. area. It should also give us a chance to look around at where we may want to live if we are accepted at the school.
Beyond that, it is the every day of work and maintaining my sanity as I watch our little unit continue to evolve into a family.