My favorite Peanuts character is Rerun. Rerun is a baby and he just rides around on the back of his mom’s bike delivering words (or thoughts) of wisdom. Rerun can go all day and never have his feet hit the ground, but the problem is that his mom frequently crashes the bike into trees and other such stationary objects. I feel like Rerun in this adoption process. The CCAA is pedaling the bike slowly into eternity and I’m along for the ride—hoping to get my baby but not completely convinced that my feet are ever even going to hit the ground. I’m just praying we don’t hit any trees….
We are currently 2 days beyond our 11 month LID anniversary. I’ve had at least one major melt down this month where I completely lost faith that we will ever get Maisy and those days are bad. Referrals are as close to stop as one can be without stopping. Only the hand of God can make a difference now. Without faith I have nothing. I have tried to remind myself of all the women in the Bible who waited and waited for children….Sarah waited for Isaac about 80 years if you figure that she would have started having children at 15…Hannah prayed for a child so fervently that the priest believed she was intoxicated. God later gave her Samuel…Leah had several kids underfoot before Rachael bore even one of her own and there were many others. But I don’t have 80 years to wait so I pray and pray some more. No price is too high. I believe with everything that I am that God has promised us Maisy and I am anticipating the miracle that will bring her home.
The word on the street, or Rumor Queen, is not good. Projections are that folks with late 2007 LIDs will be waiting 5 years or more. Lots of couples are leaving the program and either adopting from another country or giving up entirely. My heart breaks for their loss—because that’s what it is—and anyone who thinks that the decision is easily made or that it doesn’t involve the grieving process is completely deluded. But, Ben and I cannot, and won’t, give up our daughter. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord—and the Lord is saying “Wait.”
I’ve got to swear off the Rumor Queen anyway…she’s bad for my mental health.
November is National Adoption Month. This has been a long year and another Christmas without Maisy…hopefully, 2009. Please pray for Maisy, her birth mother and for our family as we seek God’s will for our lives.
Have a very happy Thanksgiving. I leave you with a little list of the people and things I am thankful for: My relationship with Jesus, Ben, the best husband in the world for me, Bobby–he dances, he’s a marksman, he can do math!, Abby—my boss, my Nurse Nancy and my constant reminder that miracles happen everyday if you can just stop long enough to appreciate them, my parents, my sister and brother-in-law, my Jedi muffins–Aidan, Zachary and Brody, Fairo–the man, the myth, the legend, Meredith—I knew her before she was a supermom, Carol—my friend, intercessor and prayer warrior, Andy–run to the tiger, Roy, my country (I do love being an American), K-Love–my all time favorite radio station—it just makes me happy to drive to work with John and Sherri on the morning show, having groceries in my pantry and two vehicles with gas in them in my driveway, the health of my family, my wicked cool sense of humor, Survivor (although, Jeff does talk too much during the challenges), clean sheets, my new electric blankie, hearing my kids and nephews laugh and knowing they have never been traumatized, Andrew Johnson Elementary and the beautiful, dedicated and amazing people who teach there–Angie, Linda, Andra, Cynthia, Dori, Lisa, Debbie, Nana, Shannon, Miss Simpkins and Nurse Jeri, Special Olympics, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts…and a plethora of other people and things that I could fill volumes with.
Dedicated with hope and anticipation to Margaret Rachael Root…my precious Maisy.
May you experience Christ’s love for you,
Amy
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Saturday, September 6, 2008
“Yimpics”,”sticks” and Moon Pies…
We are approaching the nine month waiting mark and I’m not sure how I feel about that. It’s better than approaching the one month waiting mark, at least!
We have been busy this past month enjoying watching the Olympics from Beijing and cheering on the Americans (okay, and the Chinese) and, by order of Abby, standing up every time we hear the National Anthem. Turns out, Abby is a huge fan of the Olympics. Maybe it is because she is an Olympian herself–I am constantly in the presence of greatness-but it didn’t matter the event, the Roots were watching it. Abby loves the “Yimpics” so much that she skipped Wheel of Fortune (her favorite show) to watch whatever event was on that evening.
The opening ceremony was so awesome. NOTE*** If you are offended by people who make statements that you don’t feel are PC stop reading because I’m fixin’ to offend ya. No country on Earth will ever have a more amazing, culturally representative, beautiful or intense opening ceremony than did the People’s Republic of China. Save your breath London is all I have to say about that. Here is some more offensive stuff–What in the heck is the problem with the rest of the world? Need I remind folks of other Olympics where some less than savory bits of criminality have occurred? How about ATLANTA? Or MUNICH? It is incredibly sad that the men’s volleyball coach lost his father-in-law and that his wife and child were traumatized, but that could have happened anywhere. The incident happened because one man was deranged not because he was Communist or because his nation of origin has a presence in Darfur, Sudan. There are some folks that I care about, deeply, who would have me believe that Jesus is an American and a Republican. Sorry, I’m not buying that anymore than I buy that He is Southern Baptist. I’m pretty tired of folks representing to me their feeling that it somehow reflects on their Christian walk in a negative way if they even enjoyed or appreciated the efforts of China and the people of Beijing to impress the rest of the world with their preparations and presentation of the Olympic games. I may, in a very non-Christian move, slap the next person who uses the term “Godless Chinese” to me. If the people of China don’t know Jesus (and many, many of them do) guess whose job it is to give them the Good News? While I am on a tirade (and I’ve felt this coming for a long time so̷ ;) What is the difference between the Chinese presence in Darfur and the American presence in Iraq or Afghanistan? China sent 300 engineers to aid Peace Keeping Forces in Darfur. My underestanding is that the People’s Republic of China has an economic interest in the oil and gas production of Sudan….for some reason it just sounds familiar to me…. And one more thing–the idiot from Oklahoma City who hung the offensive banner on a public building in Beijing is fortunate he didn’t go to prison–which, in my estimation is where he belongs. Way to embarrass your country, man. Too bad you are from Oklahoma.
While I am on a roll, has anyone else noticed that the commercials played during the Olympics to sell say chicken nuggets, plywood, soft drinks and credit cards featured paraolympians—NONE OF THE PARAOLYMPIC GAMES ARE BEING TELEVISED?? Now that Kids, OFFENDS THE HECK OUT OF ME!!! What is says to me is this–these athletes are visually affective enough to sell crap but not valuable enough to win America’s attention away from really important stuff like CSI reruns or tasteless prime time cartoons. Beijing has altered historical sites, the Olympic village and public service buildings to accomodate the Paraolympians and their coaches and families. I still have problems getting my daughter’s wheelchair around Oklahoma City….
I will now get back to more conservative and family value centered stuff…Last weekend the Roots went to Super Cao Nguyen (our awesome Asian market) to buy ingredients for dumplings and get some pot stickers and lotus buns. The dumplings were really good (as was the other stuff) but you really have to use the Korean balm and the tai bai fen to get the authentic taste! We did and it was awesome. While we were there the kids wanted to get chopsticks so they got 20 pairs. They didn’t want to “run out.” We got checked out and were in the car when Ben and I started talking about the Moon Festival next weekend and where we would get our moon cakes since I don’t know how to make them and want to get the ones with the pretty tops, anyway. Bobby chimes in, “I know where you can get those moon cakes. I see them all the time at Buy For Less for four for a dollar.” Yup, the kidster meant MOON PIES!!! Ben and I laughed our hineys off. Bobby wanted to send a box of moon pies to Snow Wu (our agency president) and the gang at GW to show how involved we are in Chinese Culture. He is so sweet.
When we got home we set to fixing our meal and Abby set the table giving herself a set of chopsticks. Bobby put a fork at her plate too because none of us believed that she would be able to use the chopsticks. We couldn’t have been more wrong. By the time Ben said “Amen” Abby had jabbed a chopstick in her potsticker and was eating it like a kabob. Ben said, why don’t you use your fork, Baby. The reply (infused with disdain for the fork and the suggestion) was “No fork. Sticks.” Abby used her very own “scoop and stab” method to eat her entire meal, including her rice, with the “sticks”.
On the school front–Bobby starts dance class on Monday and Abby starts it soon at her school. She has already started practicing for bowling this fall. Bobby has already written his first speech for speech and debate class and will be delivering it to the entire class on Tuesday. It is very good. I think he takes after his dear ol’ mom… Ben loves teaching at Star Spencer. We plan to watch them play football this fall. Their band is very good, too!
As always, please pray for our little Maisy and her birth mother. I do not want to wait two years to hold her in my arms so please remember us whenever you can.
Love and Peace to all—-Amy
We have been busy this past month enjoying watching the Olympics from Beijing and cheering on the Americans (okay, and the Chinese) and, by order of Abby, standing up every time we hear the National Anthem. Turns out, Abby is a huge fan of the Olympics. Maybe it is because she is an Olympian herself–I am constantly in the presence of greatness-but it didn’t matter the event, the Roots were watching it. Abby loves the “Yimpics” so much that she skipped Wheel of Fortune (her favorite show) to watch whatever event was on that evening.
The opening ceremony was so awesome. NOTE*** If you are offended by people who make statements that you don’t feel are PC stop reading because I’m fixin’ to offend ya. No country on Earth will ever have a more amazing, culturally representative, beautiful or intense opening ceremony than did the People’s Republic of China. Save your breath London is all I have to say about that. Here is some more offensive stuff–What in the heck is the problem with the rest of the world? Need I remind folks of other Olympics where some less than savory bits of criminality have occurred? How about ATLANTA? Or MUNICH? It is incredibly sad that the men’s volleyball coach lost his father-in-law and that his wife and child were traumatized, but that could have happened anywhere. The incident happened because one man was deranged not because he was Communist or because his nation of origin has a presence in Darfur, Sudan. There are some folks that I care about, deeply, who would have me believe that Jesus is an American and a Republican. Sorry, I’m not buying that anymore than I buy that He is Southern Baptist. I’m pretty tired of folks representing to me their feeling that it somehow reflects on their Christian walk in a negative way if they even enjoyed or appreciated the efforts of China and the people of Beijing to impress the rest of the world with their preparations and presentation of the Olympic games. I may, in a very non-Christian move, slap the next person who uses the term “Godless Chinese” to me. If the people of China don’t know Jesus (and many, many of them do) guess whose job it is to give them the Good News? While I am on a tirade (and I’ve felt this coming for a long time so̷ ;) What is the difference between the Chinese presence in Darfur and the American presence in Iraq or Afghanistan? China sent 300 engineers to aid Peace Keeping Forces in Darfur. My underestanding is that the People’s Republic of China has an economic interest in the oil and gas production of Sudan….for some reason it just sounds familiar to me…. And one more thing–the idiot from Oklahoma City who hung the offensive banner on a public building in Beijing is fortunate he didn’t go to prison–which, in my estimation is where he belongs. Way to embarrass your country, man. Too bad you are from Oklahoma.
While I am on a roll, has anyone else noticed that the commercials played during the Olympics to sell say chicken nuggets, plywood, soft drinks and credit cards featured paraolympians—NONE OF THE PARAOLYMPIC GAMES ARE BEING TELEVISED?? Now that Kids, OFFENDS THE HECK OUT OF ME!!! What is says to me is this–these athletes are visually affective enough to sell crap but not valuable enough to win America’s attention away from really important stuff like CSI reruns or tasteless prime time cartoons. Beijing has altered historical sites, the Olympic village and public service buildings to accomodate the Paraolympians and their coaches and families. I still have problems getting my daughter’s wheelchair around Oklahoma City….
I will now get back to more conservative and family value centered stuff…Last weekend the Roots went to Super Cao Nguyen (our awesome Asian market) to buy ingredients for dumplings and get some pot stickers and lotus buns. The dumplings were really good (as was the other stuff) but you really have to use the Korean balm and the tai bai fen to get the authentic taste! We did and it was awesome. While we were there the kids wanted to get chopsticks so they got 20 pairs. They didn’t want to “run out.” We got checked out and were in the car when Ben and I started talking about the Moon Festival next weekend and where we would get our moon cakes since I don’t know how to make them and want to get the ones with the pretty tops, anyway. Bobby chimes in, “I know where you can get those moon cakes. I see them all the time at Buy For Less for four for a dollar.” Yup, the kidster meant MOON PIES!!! Ben and I laughed our hineys off. Bobby wanted to send a box of moon pies to Snow Wu (our agency president) and the gang at GW to show how involved we are in Chinese Culture. He is so sweet.
When we got home we set to fixing our meal and Abby set the table giving herself a set of chopsticks. Bobby put a fork at her plate too because none of us believed that she would be able to use the chopsticks. We couldn’t have been more wrong. By the time Ben said “Amen” Abby had jabbed a chopstick in her potsticker and was eating it like a kabob. Ben said, why don’t you use your fork, Baby. The reply (infused with disdain for the fork and the suggestion) was “No fork. Sticks.” Abby used her very own “scoop and stab” method to eat her entire meal, including her rice, with the “sticks”.
On the school front–Bobby starts dance class on Monday and Abby starts it soon at her school. She has already started practicing for bowling this fall. Bobby has already written his first speech for speech and debate class and will be delivering it to the entire class on Tuesday. It is very good. I think he takes after his dear ol’ mom… Ben loves teaching at Star Spencer. We plan to watch them play football this fall. Their band is very good, too!
As always, please pray for our little Maisy and her birth mother. I do not want to wait two years to hold her in my arms so please remember us whenever you can.
Love and Peace to all—-Amy
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