A Welcome Change of Perspective

Summer months are difficult in the Adams household. There's just something about the blazing heat and humidity that comes a smidge too close to sucking the life right out of us. By this time of year we're cranky and worn out and just plain ready for fall already! This year is no exception. Add My Pet Knee Pain and Our Friend Infertility (which seems to have been rearing its ugly little head more lately since the adoption is becoming more and more real) and, well, let's just say there are some days when it's best if we really do just stay inside our cave with the curtains drawn tight.

I just found out that a couple who was in our adoption home study group has a baby.

I am so happy for them.  This was a couple that Matt and I felt really connected to and wanted to get to know more - but they live kinda far away and it just hasn't happened yet. Just under a year ago we were all starting the process together. Scared, doe-eyed, weary from the pain and the waiting. And the fact that we were facing STILL.MORE.WAITING.

And now, they have a baby. A son. Unbelievable!

It has given me hope and a welcome change of perspective.

Our case worker told us last week that at this stage in the process she officially considers us "pregnant." We will get a baby. It's just a matter of when. If we stick with the program we will get a placement. We will have a baby.

I sorta shrugged this off. I mean, she's PAID to tell us this stuff. We PAY her to tell us this stuff. But our friends getting a baby? Now that is encouragement.

So I guess we're pregnant. It's just a matter of when. A "when" that means every day I must remember that it is God's hands knitting our family together, not mine.