hopeful beginning...

the healing has begin
the uncertainty has end

His plan is clear
His timing is near

we sit and day dream
we wait to hear kids screams

hopeful for the beginning

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to adopt or not to adopt that was the question
actually.. the better question was...
adopt now or adopt later...
we always knew we were going to adopt some of our kids
we didn't know we might have to adopt all of our kids

after months of uncertainty...
God starts to send signs...
which brought us peace of mind...

10/10/10 church bulletin article: hope for married couples who want to have a child
http://www.sttheresasugarland.org/admin/content/files/bulletins/2010-10-10.pdf
this article really helped confirmed my hesitation with IVF
we started to talk about adoption again...

10/11/10 a friend's dream: steph called me on monday to share that she had a vivid dream about me
she dreamed that my sister in law was playing with my baby... an asian looking baby...
this helped us decide to go with spaulding for children (the same agency my sister in law went through for her son

10/17/10 a priest's blessing: after mass, we waited to receive a blessing from fr. bart...we eagerly shared with him that we were going to attend a adoption orientation.... he was so supportive, gave us a blessing and reminded us that we are called to help God's children

waiting for the orientation was filled with nervousness and excitement...we were very blessed to have so many family and friends praying for us and supporting us...i was so gitty...like going to the doctors to find out if you are pregnant

10/20/10 foster care/adoption orientation: we went to the orientation thinking we have 2 months to discuss (since our 2nd year anniversary was in december, a requirement of married couples who wish to become foster parents/adopt)
we left with the news that we could submit our application and sign up for the training class which starts november (since we were only 2 months shy of our 2nd year anniversary and the next training class after the november one would be in february)

i found myself staying up till 5am to read through the adoption packet, studying the documents required for us to submit our application...after researching as much as i could on the agency and on adoption in general...i emailed the agency with a list of questions and request for the application...and the very next day...we received our answers...and so...

10/22/10 application submitted: its all in God's hands now..