A Week For HER

 

 I am taking a week off

 

This Friday is my daughter Alyssa's 10th birthday

It seems like yesterday when we were standing on the

bridge downtown with creepy Uncle Matt in the back ground

of this photo watching fireworks!

Time has FLOWN by!

 

 

 

This week is not going to be consumed by adoption hopes or disappointments

I have to take the focus off the things I can not control

and focus on the ones right in front of me

There is ALWAYS next week

My sweet husband and kiddos pointed out how I am obsessively checking my email

for updates on Chloe and Eli 

When Im in the car, Im checking my phone...when the kids are playing on the playground

my eyes are glued to the phone

When Im taking a bath, cooking dinner, sweeping, mopping, family movie night...

I've become one of THOSE MOMS :)

Now, I have convinced myself its for the other children

but that is coming to a STOP this week!

 

My sweet girl is turning TEN years OLD!

I can not believe it!

I want to make sure that I am 100% present this week

I do not want my worry or fear to take over her special birthday

 

I just keep telling myself it is ONE WEEK without updates.

I will check the mail for our i600 approval but other than that

Our family's focus this week will be Alyssa Hope :)

 



I wanted to update because my post on facebook stating that I would be stepping back

for a week caused many people to call, text or message me.

I didn't mean to alarm anyone.

For my family I need to step away and focus on them

 

We would ask that you continue to pray for Chloe and Eli.

We pray that you would cover our family in prayer in the coming days

We ask that you pray that we would continue feeling God's presence and His hand in

this journey. We thank each of you for loving our family

 

ps...don't judge if I play a game of bejewled every once in a while..

I have to keep up my mid level skills

( guilty pleasure)