Mother's Day 2012

Today I couldn't stop thanking God for allowing me the honor to be called Mommy and MaMa by these two precious boys!! I am truly blessed.

On a side note I just want to encourage those of you who are in the adoption process. I know from experience that it is so hard celebrating days like today when you are waiting for your children to come home but I promise you it is all worth it once your child is home and in a blink of an eye those months of waiting seem like only days when you are looking into the eyes of your child. I pray that the Lord gives you peace and comfort during this time of waiting, even if you are not waiting for a child through adoption but instead waiting to get pregnant. I pray that you remember and find comfort in knowing that God's timing is perfect! We just have to trust in Him and be still, and don't worry I am still working on that myself because remember.........

I'm still waiting on a husband, Ha!! I hope that made you smile :) Have a wonderful week and yes I promise I am still working on my actual post about everything. Those are just much more involved!

What A Difference

I was going through pictures tonight from the last 3 weeks since coming home and I came across these two. The one on the left is the day we landed in DC and the one on the right was taken exactly one week after being home.

AMAZING what LOVE can do!!!

A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words

Okay so I have felt so bad for leaving ya'll hangin!! I never thought people actually read this silly blog, but I was wrong, Ha! I never realized there were so many of you :-) I should have known though, because for those of you who have been praying for our transition home, let me tell you I have felt the prayers!! I am so thankful for your support and prayers and kind e-mails!! I tell ya, I have tried to find time to sit down and blog about everything from my trip back to Ethiopia, to the plane ride home and airport homecoming as well as how things have been going since coming home but seriously there are just not enough hours in the day.

I went back to work last week. That deserves it's own post :-) I am blessed that my job only involves me working 3 days one week and 4 the next but with that I work 12 hour days so when I come home my main focus is my boys until they are in bed and then by that time I am exhausted and am lucky if I even remember my head hitting the pillow. As I type this I realize it is almost midnight and I have to get up at 4:30am for work, yikes! With that I guess I should be getting to bed. I just want to let ya'll know I have so much to tell you and TONS of pictures from the last two weeks. I still can't believe it has only been two weeks. It feels like Isaiah has always been here!! God is so good!!

Hang in there with me and I promise more is coming :-) I work tomorrow and Tuesday but am off Wednesday and Thursday and surely in between nap times I can get some post up!! Here's hoping!! Hope ya'll have a great week!!

We Are Home!!!

YES!!! We are home :) Isaiah and I got in late last Friday night. I am still in shock that I finally have both of my boys under the same roof. God is so good and faithful.

I have LOTS to blog about from my trip, to the crazy airport story and how life is changing with my sweet boy home. I hope to blog a little bit every day. I'm waiting to get pictures from my friends who also traveled with me to bring their daughter home. I didn't have my camera, so they took pictures for me and I just need to get a CD from them.

Until then, enjoy this precious picture of my two boys!! Noah is OBSESSED with his little brother!! It melts my heart seeing the two of them together!!

Update.......

It's been a while I know! Things have been crazy these last few weeks. I keep reminding myself this is just a season. I have a little update, but I thought I would let Isaiah tell you......

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Where I Belong

"Sometimes it feels like I'm watching from the outside. Sometimes it feels like I'm breathing but am I alive? I won't keep searching for answers that aren't here to find"

"All I know is I'm not home yet. This is not where I belong. Take this world and give me Jesus! This is not where I belong!"

These are lyrics from one of my favorite songs! Building 429 sings a song called "Where I Belong" It's funny I had never heard it before I traveled to Ethiopia but ever since coming home I literally hear it almost every day. Hearing those words "This is not where I belong" speak differently to me then some may think. Yes this earthly world is not where any of us belong. This is not our home, Heaven is our home. This place is a mere stepping stone to Glory!! A place where we can be the Hands and Feet of Jesus while we are here!!

I have been thinking about that a lot since coming home. Being a single mom I could easily use the excuse that I just don't have the time? I mean come on I work full time, have an active 7 year old, have been going through the adoption process for the last 18 months, have a home to take care of, family, friends, and the list goes on. There is only one problem, I want to do MORE! While I was in Ethiopia I found myself looking at the children in the market, on the streets and in the mountains and thinking to myself my children will NEVER know what it's like to live like this, so why should these children?

Why when my son has known who Jesus is since he could talk, why should a sweet child there look at me with confusion when they hear their Father's name? Why when my son gives me the "look" when he sees green beans on his plate, why are there children in Ethiopia begging on the streets, walking for miles in hopes of finding food? I went to Noah's closet this morning to get him clothes and was convicted when I saw all that he had, thinking about all those sweet children who wear the same thing for days.

None of this is acceptable to me! I want to do something! The question is what does He want me to do? That has been my question and my prayer. Ethiopia captured my heard in more ways then one. Not only will I always be connected through my son, but a part of me will always miss being there. There are people who look at me like I am crazy when I say that. People think why would you want to leave all your stuff here and go there? Exactly friends, "stuff" God tells us in his Word not to store things up on this Earth, because none of it will go with us to Heaven.

I have been talking to friends since coming home who can relate. No offense to my friends who have never been to Ethiopia, but you just don't get it unless you experience it. My own family at times I am sure have thought I am a tad crazy for some of the thoughts I have. I have shared with friends that I miss being in Ethiopia. I miss the feeling of peace I had while I was there and spending more time seeing God in the land and the people and seeing true happiness when there is nothing. Being a nurse and having worked in a Pediatrician's office I found myself wondering what if I lived here, I could do so much for these precious children.

Let me say before I start getting tons of e-mails, no I am not planning on moving to Ethiopia any time soon. As I told my mom, who thought the same thing when I came home and was sharing my heart with her, "God would have to make it crystal clear to me that this is what he wants me to do" I do though often wonder is this where I belong? Or is there something else God has in store for me that will allow me to be His Hands and Feet for the people of Ethiopia? My adoption has been an amazing journey of Faith, Obedience and God's Provision! I can't wait for the day that my sweet Isaiah is back in my arms forever BUT my journey won't stop there! My journey I feel, is just beginning!!