tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077471860024761518.post1341319349450178524..comments2023-05-20T01:43:11.172-07:00Comments on WATERSHED: I Can't Sleep - Now THAT is not NormalMe. Us. She.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00222015524829943773noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077471860024761518.post-22002943665199666302009-07-22T14:00:58.349-07:002009-07-22T14:00:58.349-07:00Wow. I have so many thoughts. Was your Mexico trip...Wow. I have so many thoughts. Was your Mexico trip the same one that I was on? to San Quitin? I had no idea you had that life change then... where was I? <br />I have not adopted any of my children... but I am quite confident in this: What will you do with them after day 1 and the park? You will spend your time staring at the beautiful gift God has somehow blessed you with, and wanting to know everything about them. You will be amazed at how precious God's creation is and excedingly thankful that #3 is there with you. I don't think that ever wears off for conceived or adopted alike. The TV stuff is stuffed into the cracks that you didn't know were there, or forgotten because you have a different priority, or sacrificed willingly because children are too cute and persistent to resist. I know that you know these things in your heart. My love for my kids is so strong it makes my heart hurt. I still stare at them often. It makes me smile and brings happy tears to my eyes.<br />I'll stop now, lest I ramble too long...<br />Love you, "mommy to be"!<br />Sara CollAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077471860024761518.post-78714678819519767552009-07-10T10:22:28.787-07:002009-07-10T10:22:28.787-07:00Where do you suppose she got the pattern for the l...Where do you suppose she got the pattern for the little birdy caps? I personally bet she flies off to Birdy-Target and buys them!!!!<br /><br />This is the sweetest post, Amanda.<br />You will be a great mama!! <br />And let God figure out all the details.....He'll do it better, anyway....just press into Him and watch for the "road-signs"....don't let your super-strong-practical-thinking brain steer you away from the road-signs....even if it is not the safest, most sane path from your point of view!!!<br /><br />:)<br />MichelleAs For Our House...We will serve the Lord.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03730981896283661793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077471860024761518.post-18381453199900414342009-07-10T08:37:55.897-07:002009-07-10T08:37:55.897-07:00Amanda,
Here is my email: cjustl@yahoo.comAmanda,<br /><br />Here is my email: cjustl@yahoo.comCathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01084657375579840418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077471860024761518.post-83481343871737533732009-07-10T08:20:10.402-07:002009-07-10T08:20:10.402-07:00Your thoughts are not so uncommon. We struggled wi...Your thoughts are not so uncommon. We struggled with our decision to choose an agency as well. I must have researched 10-20 agencies. I kept emailing my local social worker for advice and any info she had about these agencies and she always came back with CHSFS. They are not the cheapest and the wait list is long but we trusteded them and we are going to start our second adoption this summer and we will be using CHSFS again. I found them worth the wait.<br /><br />Also there is a yahoo group called Ethiopia Agency Review I think and it has lots of info on various agencies and is a good place to ask questions.<br /><br />As for the thoughts on the picture, I worried that too but the second I saw my little girl I was instantly in love. She had the sweetest grumpiest little face that we just couldn't resist.<br /><br />Finding the balance is tough and we are lucky as our little girl LOVES to sleep. Does it require a Tivo to get through our TV, yes but we make it work.<br /><br />It was a 6 plus year process for us to become a family and I wouldn't go back at all. Our little girl is the perfect fit for our family. God granted us a beautiful and wonderful gift that in some weird way made the pain of trying to conceive and waiting for her all worth it.<br /><br />Good luck and go with your gut and all will work out as it should.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01084657375579840418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077471860024761518.post-58540228756886944902009-07-10T05:23:32.202-07:002009-07-10T05:23:32.202-07:00Well, I had a long comment typed and lost it someh...Well, I had a long comment typed and lost it somehow! I do understand your feelings, and would love to help you out or answer some of your questions if you like.<br />We are in the process of our second adoption and our using a different agency this time. All God's Children International...they are the best!<br />www.promiseinethiopia.blogspot.com<br />www.stammfamily.blogspot.com<br />carriestamm@gmail.com<br />I understand your fears completely. We were married 10 years before our first adoption. I would never go back to life without our daughter; it's that wonderful!Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05868083706958840588noreply@blogger.com