
Friday, March 17, 2006
Sharing My Room With My New Brothers - Cal's post
I think that this is very exciting. And my mom always says I have the most room of all of the bedrooms in the house. So, I am very excited. We are going to put our old bunk beds in my room for them. These are the same bunk beds that my mom and Uncle Phil used when they were little and Maddie and I used in Syracuse and Phoebe and I used in our old house. Since we are doing that, my mom is trying to get some new stuff. I am hoping we will paint the bedroom soon. We may all sleep in the same bed sometimes- just like in this photograph from Christmas Eve!
But what I really think is that the new kids are gonna treasure the electronics, but they will also like playing outside and going swimming- just doing all sports!

Saturday, March 11, 2006
The Flying Tomato and Our Referral

Our family, too, has been wonderful. So supportive and happy for us. My father was so great. He asked all of these great questions about interracial families and attachment. It was so nice to know he was thinking through all of the challenges of adopting a child of another race. Also, all of the things that come up because your child comes from a place which is absolutely nothing like here. They may live in a mud hut. They may not own shoes. They have never eaten with a fork and a knife. They may have never seen a TV or computer. They will be shocked to see that we have a dog in our house. They will not know what to think the first time they go to the grocery store. They may never have had the chance to navigate stairs. The list is endless. Mark and I have spent quite a bit of time reading about attachment, about grief and loss, about interracial adoption. We have been on an online support group with over 1,000 members from around the world and have learned so many things. Like our child will never have had a bath in a bathtub before. It will be a new and maybe kind of scary experience.
Its great to have a family who sees the big picture and gets why bringing these boys home is so meaningful and important. I think we all know that our time here is short and what we do with it is so very important.

We have worked so hard to get to this point in our lives and like the Flying Tomato - the victory lap will be so very sweet.
And when we worry about our choices and when the fear sets in we can remember this:
Matthew 21:21-22
Then Jesus told them, “I assure you, if you have faith and don't doubt, you can do things like this and much more. You can even say to this mountain 'May God lift you up and throw you into the sea,' and it will happen. If you believe you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."
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