I don’t know whats wrong with me today. Maybe it’s because I didn’t get home and to bed until after 12:30, but I’ve cried at least 4 times. I’ve been working and taking breaks to read a blog here and there and man the tears just keep coming! For instance the Wardrobe and the White Tree. I can’t imagine what it must feel like to be preparing yourself to pick up a child in another country – to see the poverty there and want to help, knowing that you can only do so much.
One person posted today about meeting her son in Ethiopia and how he just cried and didn’t want her to hold him. I simply can’t imagine. That child had to leave everything that he’s ever known and doesn’t understand that its whats best for him, doesn’t get that his parents have been waiting and planning for him to come home — and then to consider what his birth parents must have gone through making the decision to give him up. The entire thing is heartbreaking while at the same time its such a blessing to read about these people who are willing to do something that very few are. They are giving this child a chance at a healthy, happy life and that is such a gift.
Could I really do that one day? I suppose this is one of those things that only God knows.
P.S. Yes, I know that I’ve been a bad blogger lately. I do plan on writing a blog this weekend about the books I read over the holidays. I finally got around to reading the Black Jewel trilogy by Ann Bishop and a couple of others.
3 Comments
January 11, 2009 at 10:33 am
Welcome back! And I hope the tears go bye-bye. I hate crying, it always gives me a headache; and I’ve been doing my fair share of it the first couple days of the weekend. But everything’s getting better, and I hope it does for you!
January 16, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Understand the tearfulness. So sorry. I rec some St. John’s wort, some sleep, some sunshine and some fresh flowers. Hmmm…need to do all that myself.
Thanks for the comment–and a new blog to explore! Can’t believe Gypsy was mediocre. Why? How?
Would love to have seen Bernadette in that role, too.
Maybe it’s mine one of these days–though NOT irl!
January 18, 2009 at 6:31 pm
Hey, thanks for the shout out about my blog.
I cry a lot these days myself
We have dealt with the reality of Abel not wanting to leave the ladies that have loved and cared for him for the last year and 1/2. We pray he is excited to become our son but we really don’t know what to expect. The only thing we know for sure is God is big enough to get us through whatever and we just have to trust Him. I am completely freaked out and scared to death but He’s way bigger then that and He is comforting me.
Again, thanks for reading me blog. Love your book header, I love books a lot.