It's CoooooL!!

Finally we have AC!! I can think straight again. LOL Seriously, it has been so hot and humid in here that I just couldn’t do much of anything constructive. I did as little as I could to keep from getting overheated. I have a LOT to catch up with now!

I have been working on paperwork though. I got the Power of Attorney papers and the Child Specific Petition sent off to be apostilled today. I wish we lived closer to Des Moines so I could take it myself. I hate having to wait. When it is time to get our dossier paperwork apostilled, I am taking the day off and driving them to Des Moines myself. I’m taking no chances! I’ll have to rely on Fed Ex to get my stuff to/from Florida though.

A woman who I have come to think of as a friend in this journey found out today that their precious little girl has been “stolen” from them. Apparently, another family, going through a different agency is further along in the process and they have first chance at her. I’m so sad for Ashli and her family. I can’t even imagine how hard this must be. I have lost a child, and I do know that pain.

God knows what the plan is. I know that as a human that is so very difficult to see in times when we are hurting.

Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
““For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.””

That verse just popped into my head as I was typing that last bit. It’s so hard to think of what God has planned for us. It’s so hard to not follow our own plan. I have learned that recently, again. It’s not that I didn’t know it, I just didn’t think about it as I should have.

I’ve been thinking about my Dad a lot the last couple of days. I guess Olivia has too, she mentioned him this morning. Anyway, I keep thinking of what he might think of our new little boy. I know he would accept him and love him simply because I do, we do. I wish he could have been here for this though. I know he’s up there looking down on it all though. He loved all of the kids so much, even if he didn’t physically show it. I know he was proud of all of us, and our children. With Father’s Day coming, it’s hard to think about him being gone.

God, watch over Timothy tonight. Give him a good day, and help him to be happy. Let him know that he is loved, and that very soon he will have a forever family.