Ryan is on his way to Columbus, OH as I write this. He's going to visit, most likely for the last time, his mom. Very soon, she will be with Jesus. Ryan and I just talked on the phone as he drives, and he told me to remind him that someday he wants to write a book called Not Every Day that Your Mom Dies. Gulp.
After I hung up the phone, I looked at Emma and Griffin dancing to The Fresh Beat Band, chomping on string cheese, faces smothered with peanut butter. I imagine Ellie on the monkey bars at her school's recess right now. And...I excitedly think about the fact that our family is about to grow bigger...
There is so much to celebrate.
Our Great God gives...and He takes away.
Just reminded on this lunch hour on this September day that there's a lot to rejoice in. Ryan and I are trying to choose to rejoice in these little lives that fill our home (or will soon fill our home), as we are also both fully aware that this life is intense and quick.
Savor your people today!
And continue to pray with/for us as we are in-between the strange world of RECEIVING (through the adoption) and LOSING, all in the same season.
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