Reflection

As I follow the story of an adoptive family headed to EE right now, I am keenly aware of the processes we went through this time last year. Last. Year.

Wow, how crazy that is to even type out. I have been following a family that is in EE right now adopting two children and following the story of the family that traveled when we did as well and they are back in EE adopting TWO MORE children. I am amazed.

I have dear friends who are getting ready to leave very soon to head to EE for their daughter.

Not all the families are going to the country we did, but, I long for Ukraine...not to adopt again so much but just to live so simply. So closely in tune with what you need for that day. No large house to clean. No, Shawn and I had a tiny apartment, I am guessing it was less than 400 square foot but it was precisely what we needed. We had a small college dorm refrigerator and it was perfect. We had one another. And it was all we needed. We added Jadon Andrew and it was just right.

I admit we suffered culture shock going over, but I think I experienced it coming home too. We watched TV on the computer from iTunes shows we would download daily while we were visiting Jadon. Each evening we'd sit in our bedroom and position the computer "just so" that we could both see and hear the shows. We'd sip coffee and tea at the tiny two-seater kitchen table in our tiny kitchen. I prepared our meals there. I fell in love with Shawn more while there.

I know I don't need Ukraine to experience such things, but I needed Ukraine to show me what I was missing. And this gal is pretty happy to have had such a reflection and to have grown my family in the process.




love, "I will go before you and will level the mountains; I will break down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron. I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who summons you by name." Isaiah 45:2-3 (NIV)