NOVEMBER IS ADOPTION AWARENESS MONTH

 November is Adoption Awareness Month, which is the motivation for this blog.  Adoption is something our family is well aware of.  Our daughter Rachael and her husband, Robbie, are desperately trying to adopt children. For almost four years, they have been waiting for their daughter from China. (It was supposed to take 12-14 months maximum!). Due to changes in Chins's adoption policy, it may take two more years! Because of this, they have also begun a domestic adoption process as well. More waiting! 

Adoption waiting can be very frustrating, emotionally draining, heart-wrenching, and sometimes you just get MAD! Some of the things people, with good intentions, can say to you that really gets your blood boiling are  "It's all in God's timing", "you will get a child when God wants you to have one", "it will happen when it is supposed to", "when you get your child, you will forget all about waiting", "God has a plan and the right child for you, just be patient", "bloom where you are planted", "you will have a house full of your own when you get your adopted child", and on and on and on.

Sometimes when people are hurting, it is not necessary to say anything.  Just a genuine hug and a "I love you and I'm praying for ya'll" is all that is needed. And that is needed very often!

There are thousands of children needing a home and Rachael and Robbie want at least two of them!   Please pray for them and encourage everyone you know in the adoption process.

What can you do during November for Adoption Awareness Month? Contact the President, your Senator, your Representative and ask them what they are doing in this regard and would they please do more?

Rachael and Robbie have a blog page about their journey. If you would like to follow Rachael and Robbie, their blog address is http://www.thenicolaisens.blogspot.com/

The Hair Tunnel

What does a trip to the beauty salon and life have in common?  I got my hair cut yesterday.  Bel, my beautician, says my hair is the most challenging to cut of all her customers.  She has a vision for what my hair should look like, but I just can't see it.  I am letting my hair grow a little and working toward a better shape. I just don't know where it is going.  It's that tunnel thing again.  This time it is the hair tunnel.  I am having to trust my beautician (and I do), rely on what she can see and be patient until I get there. That's just like life isn't it? 

We all have plans and dreams.  That is a good thing.  But if we desire for our plans and dreams to line up with what God has in mind for us, sometimes we just have to wait.  We need time to grow a little and allow God to shape our lives.  We have to trust Him and depend on His all-knowing wisdom.  Wait . . . Trust. . .  Grow . . . Depend on God . . . not easy, but necessary.

There is light at the end of the hair tunnel and there is light at the end of life's tunnel. "Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light." Micah 7:8b

Welcome to my blog

I’m sure you have heard the phrase, “there’s light at the end of the tunnel”. That is easy to say, but when you are the one so deep in the tunnel with no end in sight much less a light, it is not so easy.

We all find ourselves in the tunnel from time to time and the purpose of this blog is to let you know that you are not alone.

So, let me tell you a little about myself. I am a preacher’s wife. My husband’s name is Larry. We have been married for 43 years. He has been a minister for 30 years. That’s a tunnel all in itself! We have 2 daughters, Leigh Ann who is married to Keith and Rachael who is married to Robbie. We also have 2 granddaughters Bayley and Georgia with more grandchildren on the way through adoption.

I hope this blog will be a source of encouragement as I share my own experiences as a wife, mother and grandmother.