The Big Secret

One year ago today ( I can't BELIEVE it's already been 12 months!) Bobby and I were keeping in the BIGGEST secret ever!! Do you know what it was? Lanie says she doesn't know:

Oh yeah! It was ME!
It was exactly 12 months ago that our agency called and said that we had been chosen and that this little cookie would be born in May. If you want to hear about that day you can click here! It's one of my favorite posts to go back and read :) We didn't share the news with anyone right away.....partly because we were both in complete shock that our adoption plight had changed pathways so quickly and partly because there was a paper stack we had to read over and consider.
It didn't take long to decide that this match was going to be a keeper....on our end of the deal anyway. This marks the day that I turned the corner from "Is this ever going to happen?" to "What if she changes her mind? Uggghhhhh. My stomach hurts!" I would like to say that I was all calm and collected and didn't let a thing bother me because I knew God had it under control. I, however, don't like to lie on this blog. The truth: The digestive tract knew something stressful was taking place.
Today I was combing through all of our adoption paperwork and weeding out the pieces of paper that I don't need to keep (i.e. "bonding with the adopted child"- check, "The adoption tax credit and You"-thanks, "Becoming a multi-racial family" - we readily accept her Honduricanness. ) You wouldn't BELIEVE the amount of paper! Anyway, I came across this little ditty randomly scrawled on a piece of scrap paper:

"Be assured that if God waits longer than your wish, it is to make the blessing all the more precious". I don't recall where it came from but I can tell you today my response to that is "AMEN!!!" The wait isn't always fun but His blessing is always well worth it!