Its official, we’ve been waiting for 5 years and 7 days for our referral from China! Never in our wildest dreams did we ever come close to imagining that it would have taken this long to bring our baby home. I can also say that I’m amazed that we’re still “waiting” at all. For those of you who that have followed this nerve-wracking journey you know that until a few weeks ago we were basically done, with a capital D.As the wait has lengthened I slowly stopped posting here. How many times can you vent about things beyond your control and expect people to read them? After awhile posting even the good times was hard because this site was created to document the journey that would bring our daughter home. The conclusion to that journey seemed impossible; it felt like we would never be able to reach the end with our dreams intact. Time passed and exacted its toll on us. We grew older, the economy tanked and emotionally we had taken a severe beating. The doubt had crept in and taken root and I couldn't see my way past it anymore. Matt had given up a long time ago and I was hanging on by a thread. A thread that had been worn and frayed to the point that one more tug could have broken it.
So what happened? God did! Some close friends (thanks Jeni & Dave) introduced us a too couple who had adopted from China. Ever heard of people being put in your lives for a reason, a season or lifetime? We have met our reason people! Meeting Chris and Cathi have helped us to put things back into perspective. Their story is very similar to ours and watching them with their daughter has given us hope again.
There is still a long way to go and a lot to do, but for now hope and faith are enough to keep us going.
6 comments:
Our love to you, Kelly. I think of you every time that I hear of the wait. My heart has always gone out to you.
I am so, so glad that you have renewed hope. I know you hear this all the time, but you will be blessed someday. I hope and pray that you will know the blessing of motherhood soon.
Claire is just perfect for our family. We know that it was HER that we waited for. Your daughter will come, and I can not wait to see it happen!
So happy your hope is renewed. I think and pray for you often. So happy that Matt and you are back on track and awaiting your daughter. I'll continue to pray for you.
So happy that your hope is renewed. I also think and pray for you often. It is amazing how God works in our lives even when we don't realize it. God has great things in store for Matt, your daughter and you. Praying for you.
So glad that you're feeling hopeful...can't wait to rejoice with you when you see your baby girl!
Donna
Thanks for stopping by our blog. And for those reasons of having other adoptive families in our lives, keeps us hopeful. Waiting over 5 years ourselves, has been pretty difficult, but we were not going to give up. It's hard to keep renewing paperwork, when you don't know what's happening. But in our case, we continued to do just that, renew, renew, reprint and reprint. And with that said, I can see your not that far behind us. We're almost at our 5th yr 2 month mark and we are almost there. I'm truly hoping for a referral next month and traveling in Dec...but one could only hope. And now that we're receiving more emails from our agency about referrals, I know we're almost there. The CCCWA at this point, has to cover more days with less people now holding on...they just have to! My thoughts and prayers are with you!
Kelly ~ It's been so long since I've read through blogs and I came across this post, which made me so happy for you. You truly have endured such a long wait and I am hopeful that your time is very soon. Praying that your renewed hope grows even more and that your faithfulness to this process and to God will be rewarded soon. BLESSINGS!!
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