The last few weeks has been a flurry of activities and excitement and tomorrow marks 4 weeks until we meet our son! I can't even imagine how fast these weeks will fly, yet crawl at the same time.
I was blessed to be thrown a Blessingway a few weeks ago by my dear friends and colleages of the doula group I work with, Little Lambs. It was such an amazing afternoon. I was surrounded by my closest friends and the few family members that could make it and showered with blessings for our family, Doron, our trip and all the unknowns of the future. It was an afternoon full of amazing food, good fellowship, lots of tears and lots of prayers. I couldn't have imagined a more perfect celebration of his life past, present, and future.
And now its weeks later (geesh, how did that happen?) and we are literally preparing to go to China! I still have a hard time wrapping my head around that thought. All that we've been working towards for this past year and 2 months is going to come to fruition in the next 4 weeks and our family will be united.
I'm counting out luggage and carry-ons and measuring things. I'm concerned about weights and too much or too little. I notoriously overpack, unless i'm trying to conserve and then I notoriously underpack. I've never yet found the perfect balance in 11 years of traveling to Arkansas 2-3 times a year. I'm reminding myself that packing for international air travel is different than packing for road trips (which we are very accustomed to), and waiting till the night before is not adviseable. I'm kicking my procrastination to the curb on this one and beginning my packing early so I can make sure I have everything we need....
Will you pray for us? We're finishing up Am's final weeks of first grade, she is very excited that as of tomorrow she only has 2.5 weeks left of school and then we are finished and packing for China. She's almost a second grader! These next few weeks are probably going to be even crazier than usual as we try and squeeze in a few more field trips, shop, pack, and finish up some last minute things. I can't believe that this time is almost here, and yet - if things had gone our way, Doron would have been here for a week already. Not our plans, but God's. He has had things under control from the very beginning. We are so grateful for all that he has done and is doing.
Our journey really is only beginning when we meet Doron, getting there is just another piece of this puzzle.
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