we have had what i would call an eventful week. hard. heart-wrenching. anxiety-filled. disappointing. those are some other words i would use to describe the past seven days. since my last post, one short week ago, we have two - yes, TWO - failed adoption situations. i don't even understand how this is possible. five months go by with nothing - no calls. and then BAM! two awesome opportunities that didn't work out.
we were contacted by a birth mother early in the week. things went well, and we were invited to her ultrasound appointment on thursday to find out the gender of the baby. the baby is due at christmas. we were thrilled. the situation was absolutely perfect. she changed her mind.
this morning we got a call that a baby had been born, and we had been chosen to be its parents. unfortunately, it was a situation we were uncomfortable with, and we had to say no.
i have no words. we were both so unprepared for these kinds of things to happen to us. we knew they were possible, but just didn't believe they would happen. well, here we are. and they've happened. and the struggle is real. maybe you would pray for us? this road is hard and unpredictable and can feel isolating. if we don't talk about what's going on, then it's easy to just withdraw and suffer through it. and jesus has called us to community bigger or more beautiful than that.
I am so proud of you. You are doing it, sweet friend! Before you know it, you'll be writing a post of YOUR baby. With YOUR last name. Meant to be in YOUR family. This hard is so hard, but the beauty coming, you won't even be able to fathom it. Love you sweet sister!
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