We are waiting. We are waiting for news about our next steps in our adoption journey. We are waiting to be matched with our sweet baby. We are waiting to hear... something. I knew that waiting would be a BIG part of this process. I expected it. I've known many people who have done this before or who are also on their own adoption journeys now. Waiting is "just part of it."
What I NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS expected, though... I am HAPPY in this period of waiting. Did I seriously just think that?!?! Did I seriously just type that out loud?!?! WOW! I think I did. Believe me when I tell you. NO ONE is more shocked by this than I am! I'm not patient by nature. Tyler is. He is so good at waiting. He can wait for anything and I think he can sometimes be a little too patient. LOL! Honestly, though, God truly blessed me when He gave me such a patient husband! Me, on the other hand... I am NOT patient on my own so I REALLY never expected this!
I know that I have said this before, but our adoption journey has already been the most incredible experience of our lives (and we haven't even gotten to the best part yet) and I truly mean that! Even in the waiting... especially in the waiting... God has been moving so visibly in our lives! During this time of waiting to become parents, Tyler and I have grown closer as a couple with God at the center of our marriage and growing family. We have learned to rely on God COMPLETELY and to truly have faith that He has the most beautiful plans for us and our family! We have become more involved in our church and we have been blessed by the most amazing, loving, and accepting small group that anyone could ever hope to have. We have made and had time to nurture friendships with other adoptive parents who have become so special to us. People have come from all over, old friends, new friends, just to show us that they love us, support us, and are praying for us every step of the way.
If someone had told me a year ago that I would be writing this blog post today, I would have said that they were crazy. LOL! I would have NEVER expected to be happy with waiting. It's just not ME! I guess that's the point. It's GOD! It has absolutely felt like God has just scooped us up in a little bucket and has carried us every step of the way! I don't know how I could be anything but HAPPY!
Now, don't get me wrong. I will be ELATED when the time comes for us to move on to the next step! I don't have words to describe how happy I will be when we finally get to hold our precious baby in our arms! Until then, though, we will continue to wait and grow in our faith as we do. I have been asked by a lot of people how we do it (meaning wait). (Just a little side note - I know that SO MANY families have and are waiting SO MUCH LONGER than we are/have!) We (Tyler & I) don't by ourselves. We can't. We (GOD, Tyler & I) can only do it because God gives us our strength! He gives us our joy, our happiness! HE gives us our HOPE!!
*Just for fun, scroll all the way down for Pharrell Williams' "Happy" - Taiwan style!*
