I am blessed

Today I am thankful for the things that I have. I am so blessed.

I am thankful for the family and friends that God has placed in my life. That they would love me enough to do life with me without judgement even when it gets messy. I am so blessed to have my family, they speak so much truth into my life and do so in love. And when I'm hurting, like I mentioned on the blog years ago, they crawl into bed and cry with me. This is love. This is friendship. I am blessed.

I am also blessed to be able to witness other people's adoption stories take place. Getting matched, meeting the child, having them in your home. That is such a blessing for me to witness and the excitement within me can hardly be contained. Soon it will be us.

I am so blessed to have an amazing husband, who remains solid and steady when things get tough. Who is always there to make me laugh when I'm crying, and to remind me that God hasn't forgotten about us. He cleans the house when I don't have the energy to do so, and never complains about it or tells me that I should have done these things. I enjoy his company, and he is going to make the best dad to our children. I am so blessed.

I am thankful that God has saved me and that he loves me so much that he continues to stretch me so that I may grow into maturity. I am thankful that he doesn't leave me where I am but continues to challenge me to go deeper. I am thankful that I relate to other people that I wouldn't have before and can truly love them as someone who knows exactly what it feels like to walk the road of infertility and adoption. I am thankful that God has pushed my limits so that I could fully trust him. It's been a long, painful road and the journey is far from over, but it's been worth every step.

I appreciate the journey that we have been on, and even though I am anticipating the end, I know that the timing is going to be perfect and better than anything I could have imagined.

We are so blessed. Thank you for continuing to journey through our adoption process. We love being able to be open with you, and have felt such love and encouragement from all of you! I appreciate all the messages that I have been getting from people reading the blog; your encouraging words mean more than you could ever know. So thanks(and keep them coming)! We love you all.

It's really quite easy to focus on what is going wrong in life, and believe me I know I do this all too quickly. So I want to challenge all of you to think of the things that you are blessed with and what you have to be thankful for. I never thought that I would be thankful for things like infertility… but I'm glad that God has taken us on this ride. We're better because of it.

I am blessed.