Mothers day

Well, today is Mother's Day. It hit me hard this morning as the kids gave me their handmade cards and the very cute table water fountain that something was still missing. Our other two kiddos were not here yet. On a day when I should be able to hold them tight they are thousands of miles away. I am hopeful that next year we will have the entire Kirkland crew together to celebrate this special day and all of the other days as well.

This week was busy, busy, busy. We received our I-71 clearance form. Yeah! Last form on our part needed for a court date in Ethiopia. Now we just wait for the kids to be released. I am praying that the elected official in Ethiopia after May 23rd does not drag his/her feet to write the new rules and open the region back up again.

We also had an adoption benefit yard sale. My friends and family are nothing short of awesome. They donated their items, time, and money to our cause and we raised over $500.00. Talk about a wonderful feeling. I was not expecting that much at all. God does provide doesn't he.

This week I have been feeling the lesson in my wait is not so much a lesson anymore but preparation. My heart is being prepared for our children. My prayer is that the hearts of all of us are prepared to open and love each other as God has loved us. I know time will go by fast as it always does with kids, school, work and family but it's on these quite hours after everyone is asleep I sit and think of our Ethiopian children. I wonder what they will be like how they will feel, adapt, even sound when speaking. This journey has brought me closer to the word, family, and new friends. I know it has been long and it is far from over.