Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Personal Statement=HOPE

At first I felt like it was just busy work to be writing a personal statement about fertility loss. Then, I started writing it. What a relief we both felt getting down certain feelings and moments onto paper. Even though it was just a "application supporting document" it truly was a consoling experience. We are putting that chapter of our lives behind us and focusing on what God has in store for our family. It may not have been our first option but now I cannot imagine adding another child to this world when there are 4.3 MILLION orphans in Ethiopia right now without mother's and father's. While writing that personal statement I realized, we are not hopelessly attending doctor's appointments and treatments. We are HOPING for a referral call, we are HOPING for those first moments when we see our baby (boy (: we're trying for a boy!), we are HOPING for the first time his grandparents meet him, we are HOPING in a matter that used to feel hopeless. 


Reflecting on this made me think about how we were trying to do things our way. Now that we are following God (blindly holding his hand, letting him take the lead) we have this hope of being parents. Thanks for continuing with us on this journey! Our home study will be scheduled once they get our Personal Statement!

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