Merry Christmas Everyone!
This Christmas has been another hard year, as it is another year without a little one running around. We did however have a stocking this year to represent our little one and our families have been so amazingly supportive in spoiling our little one!
This year my husband and I also had decided to buy gifts for our child bnotices them a surprise and our little one is going to have warm feet for sure. Josh bought cute red toms and I bought adorable slippers. Merry Christmas Little One. We love you, we hug you in our hearts and we pray for you daily! Cant't wait to meet you and wake up with you on Christmas morning to open your stocking! You are so loved!
Christmas pictures to come!
We enjoyed a few days over Christmas at joshs parents house and was able to get in some relaxing, enjoying my youngest niece and some amazing food!! We felt so blessed to be enjoying the family and loved every minute of it. We are now in camrose waiting to celebrate with my family! Patiently waiting for the rest of my siblings to show up and do Christmas wig style!
Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!! May Gods blessings be poured over you as we enter another new year!
Be Blessed
Shaeline
Friday, December 28, 2012
Monday, October 29, 2012
Wishing...
It's been a while since I posted but here is whats has been going on:
The last week or so has been quite a rough one. We have no new news and we have no idea when we will get any news. This has been very hard and has been a very frustrating time to try and wrap my brain around. God has a plan and I am working on fully trusting him but it just isn't making sense.
What does he want me to learn still? The last 3 years have stretched me in my faith, challenged me in how I live my life and think about situations, created a new person within me and I still am learning all of these things day in and day out.I am not perfect but these are 3 areas that God has truly been challenging me.
Wishful Thinking:
I am WISHING God would tell me what his plan is. When we decided to start a family, neither Josh or I had any idea of what journey we were about to start on. Our plans did not fit with God's plans and we had to learn that the hard way of going through the process. These hard days are so challenging and I feel ready to crumble but I pray so hard to God to help me through it and He does even if the next day is just as hard He helps me through that one too and it just keeps on going. I know some day I will see God's plan unfold but I WISH that he would just tell me what it will look like.
I am WISHING that there would be a timeline in adoption. I know that there isn't and its wishful thinking to hope for one but it would make things a lot easier. This is where I am learning I still have to try to live my life without making it depend on what might happen in the future. We have done that for almost 2 years now and its just been too hard to wait, wait, wait and keep waiting and not jumping at opportunities to live fully or creating those opportunities because of the what ifs.
With Christmas around the corner (2 months but like around the corner to me :)), I am WISHING that we would be a family of 3 or at least a known family of 3. It's amazing how Christmas's get harder when you have been waiting for so long to share it with a child in your family for at least 3 years now. I know that we have to focus our celebrations towards Jesus because it is the time to celebrate Him but I just WISH that we could celebrate it as a family of 3.
I wish a lot but one thing that we don't wish for but we pray for is that our babe, wherever he or she is, is safe and is being cared for. We love you sweet pea and really can't wait until you are ours forever!
Continue to pray for all of the orphans, foster children, adopted children and families in the world. November is Adoption Awareness month and it is such an important time as believers to pray for those who are in those situations. We have been adopted into God's family and so we should be taking a step to change even 1 life because that is what God has called us to do.
To my amazing husband: I love you. You are so strong for me and I couldn't imagine being in this process with anyone else. You are so understanding on those hard days and you celebrate with me on the good days. You are willing to help me try to find a way to make things feel better, even if its just for a moment. Thank you for being you and being a Godly man who leads our house with faith. I love you.
To my beautiful son or daughter: I love you. You are already so close to me and I can't wait until you are in my arms. I dream about you, I talk to you, I pray for you, I love you and I know that God has his arms wrapped around you right now until I can get my arms wrapped around you. When that time comes I hope you will feel the love of your parents and most of all our God! I can't wait until you come home! I love you sweet pea!
Blessings
Shaeline
The last week or so has been quite a rough one. We have no new news and we have no idea when we will get any news. This has been very hard and has been a very frustrating time to try and wrap my brain around. God has a plan and I am working on fully trusting him but it just isn't making sense.
What does he want me to learn still? The last 3 years have stretched me in my faith, challenged me in how I live my life and think about situations, created a new person within me and I still am learning all of these things day in and day out.I am not perfect but these are 3 areas that God has truly been challenging me.
Wishful Thinking:
I am WISHING God would tell me what his plan is. When we decided to start a family, neither Josh or I had any idea of what journey we were about to start on. Our plans did not fit with God's plans and we had to learn that the hard way of going through the process. These hard days are so challenging and I feel ready to crumble but I pray so hard to God to help me through it and He does even if the next day is just as hard He helps me through that one too and it just keeps on going. I know some day I will see God's plan unfold but I WISH that he would just tell me what it will look like.
I am WISHING that there would be a timeline in adoption. I know that there isn't and its wishful thinking to hope for one but it would make things a lot easier. This is where I am learning I still have to try to live my life without making it depend on what might happen in the future. We have done that for almost 2 years now and its just been too hard to wait, wait, wait and keep waiting and not jumping at opportunities to live fully or creating those opportunities because of the what ifs.
With Christmas around the corner (2 months but like around the corner to me :)), I am WISHING that we would be a family of 3 or at least a known family of 3. It's amazing how Christmas's get harder when you have been waiting for so long to share it with a child in your family for at least 3 years now. I know that we have to focus our celebrations towards Jesus because it is the time to celebrate Him but I just WISH that we could celebrate it as a family of 3.
I wish a lot but one thing that we don't wish for but we pray for is that our babe, wherever he or she is, is safe and is being cared for. We love you sweet pea and really can't wait until you are ours forever!
Continue to pray for all of the orphans, foster children, adopted children and families in the world. November is Adoption Awareness month and it is such an important time as believers to pray for those who are in those situations. We have been adopted into God's family and so we should be taking a step to change even 1 life because that is what God has called us to do.
To my amazing husband: I love you. You are so strong for me and I couldn't imagine being in this process with anyone else. You are so understanding on those hard days and you celebrate with me on the good days. You are willing to help me try to find a way to make things feel better, even if its just for a moment. Thank you for being you and being a Godly man who leads our house with faith. I love you.
To my beautiful son or daughter: I love you. You are already so close to me and I can't wait until you are in my arms. I dream about you, I talk to you, I pray for you, I love you and I know that God has his arms wrapped around you right now until I can get my arms wrapped around you. When that time comes I hope you will feel the love of your parents and most of all our God! I can't wait until you come home! I love you sweet pea!
Blessings
Shaeline
“I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish He didn't trust me so much.”- Mother Theresa
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Orphan Sunday- November 4
This is an area in my life that I have always been passionate about but even more so over the last 2 1/2 years since Josh and I have been pursuing a family and then through adoption starting 1 1/2 years ago. The reason being is I have learned so much more about this whole crisis of orphans and how we can become advocates for them.
On November 4 it is Orphan Sunday and I believe it is a day to think about how you can be apart of an orphans life--it may be simply finding a child waiting to be adopted or put into foster care and pray for them or looking into sponsoring a child etc. This is a day to pray for all the orphans world wide to pray for God's love to be shown to them.
Check out the video at this location, just click on the link below:
http://vimeo.com/41789537
I pray so hard that my child, wherever he or she is, will feel that love all the time. Its what we pray for, what we long for and what we look forward to sharing with our child. Please join us in doing this for all the orphans in the world!
"God did not leave us as orphans, He came for us."John 14:18
On November 4 it is Orphan Sunday and I believe it is a day to think about how you can be apart of an orphans life--it may be simply finding a child waiting to be adopted or put into foster care and pray for them or looking into sponsoring a child etc. This is a day to pray for all the orphans world wide to pray for God's love to be shown to them.
Check out the video at this location, just click on the link below:
http://vimeo.com/41789537
I pray so hard that my child, wherever he or she is, will feel that love all the time. Its what we pray for, what we long for and what we look forward to sharing with our child. Please join us in doing this for all the orphans in the world!
"God did not leave us as orphans, He came for us."John 14:18
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Dreaming....
Today I woke up with my mind dreaming of all sorts of things. Summer can be a dangerous time for me because I tend to have lots of time to think and dream. Today was one of those days. I woke up dreaming about being a mom. Dreaming of names, dreaming of all the items still need to buy, dreaming of what personality our child will have, dreaming of what kind of stroller to get, dreaming of what size of clothes I will need, dreaming of seeing my husband in action as a dad, dreaming of waking up tonight to be able to put my babe back to sleep. Some of these dreams may seem ridiculous to you that are already parents but this is what I long for. I have really been trying to focus my time on enjoying me and Josh together and doing the things that we can do just the 2 of us but there is definitely a part of me that will always dream. Tonight as I was heading to bed (the first time...as you can tell I am not in bed yet...still dreaming) I did a short devotion. In the small blurb it spoke about how we, as woman, can often take on the care taking role and care for many family and friends but we sometimes forget to take care of ourselves. It continued to say that as we continue to forget about ourselves we so often feel like drowning and that God is our strength and He is the one that will help us hang on. I need daily reminders of this as I so often feel like I am just barely hanging on. God is my strength and He is the one I need to rely on...why is it so hard? Dreams are amazing but I often ask God to help me get through them because they also can be so hard. Thanks for reading.
Be blessed!
Shaeline
Monday, July 9, 2012
Run 143...
The countdown is really on!!! Only 4 sleeps until we are on the highway!!
A few things that are running through my head as I prepare for my third year in a row as well as some more information!
1. Yikes!!!
2. Can I really do it for a third year in a row?
3. It is for our baby! I am running to you baby and I won't stop!
4. I am so blessed to have so many family and friends supporting us in this adventure!
5. Thanks to those who have supported this amazing cause and for those who are still interested there is still time!!! My goal is to raise 10$ per km...in total $1430.00. Please let me know if you want to donate!!
6. There is a BBQ for those of you who are interested in coming to celebrate the end of the run!! It is on Saturday July 14 at 4:30! Please let me know by Thursday if you are coming! It would be so great to see you there!
I am very excited to get started this week and very excitd to meet some new people and have fun!! See you on the road or at the BBQ!
Be blessed
Shaeline
1. Yikes!!!
2. Can I really do it for a third year in a row?
3. It is for our baby! I am running to you baby and I won't stop!
4. I am so blessed to have so many family and friends supporting us in this adventure!
5. Thanks to those who have supported this amazing cause and for those who are still interested there is still time!!! My goal is to raise 10$ per km...in total $1430.00. Please let me know if you want to donate!!
6. There is a BBQ for those of you who are interested in coming to celebrate the end of the run!! It is on Saturday July 14 at 4:30! Please let me know by Thursday if you are coming! It would be so great to see you there!
I am very excited to get started this week and very excitd to meet some new people and have fun!! See you on the road or at the BBQ!
Be blessed
Shaeline
Monday, June 11, 2012
Continued update...
Hey everyone!
So if you are just catching up with us now on what has been happening I will do a quick recap.
Wish it was better news but it is what it is... The CIC (citizenship and immigration) has extended their review for another 3 months. No this isnt easy and it's been a rough week...with everything else that's going on with year end stuff at work definitely didn't need this news but with saying that we still know that God led us to this country and this process is what is going to start our family. I don't know why this is our path and it's not easy not having the answers but I guess that is why I have faith and a God who always takes care of me even when it doesn't make sense.
Now that we have been done with paperwork and stuff for a while we have one more thing we can do to advocate for our child. We are writing letters to a few different people that can hopefully help us out. If anyone is interest in doing this for us message me and let me know! How you can help us: we are writing letters and can send them to you if you would be willing to send them to the people within the government. We would give you all the addresses and the letters. Please let me know if you would be willing to help us out in this way! The more the better!!! You can email me, leave a message, Facebook or text me.
One more thing!!! The countdown is on for RUN143... Please consider sponsoring this amazing event...message me if you are interested or go to the website www.run143.com. Thanks enveryone for reading and being willing to help us out!
Be blessed!
Shaeline
Now that we have been done with paperwork and stuff for a while we have one more thing we can do to advocate for our child. We are writing letters to a few different people that can hopefully help us out. If anyone is interest in doing this for us message me and let me know! How you can help us: we are writing letters and can send them to you if you would be willing to send them to the people within the government. We would give you all the addresses and the letters. Please let me know if you would be willing to help us out in this way! The more the better!!! You can email me, leave a message, Facebook or text me.
One more thing!!! The countdown is on for RUN143... Please consider sponsoring this amazing event...message me if you are interested or go to the website www.run143.com. Thanks enveryone for reading and being willing to help us out!
Be blessed!
Shaeline
Monday, June 4, 2012
An update
Well I am back and was hoping that I would have better news.
I haven't blogged for a while thinking that I would wait until we received more updates and well we received an update just not the kind we were hoping for. The CIC has extended their review again and we are not sure why. I am not sure what kind of emotion to feel right now but all I feel like doing is crying. I so badly want to meet our child and even though we have only been in the adoption process for a year and our paperwork for s few months we have been waiting for a family for about 2 years now. It's s very different expecting process and it was one that I could have never prepared for. I am so thankful to have a sister/friend and a very good friend who is going through the same thing. I am also very thankful for my friends and family who support us and are praying for us.
It is now time for us to take action and advocate for our child. Who knows what will happen but I can't sit here anymore and just wait. The children who are waiting for families need to be cared for and spoken for and that is exactly what we are going to try to do.
Please continue praying for us and all of those on this journey of adoption. It is not easy and it's really frustrating and hard. Prayers are always a blessing so please continue to do so.
If you have any questions please let me know!
Thanks to everyone who cares and is praying, it means more than you know.
Shaeline
Thursday, April 26, 2012
More inside information...
So a little while back I said there was a blog post coming soon and then life just got away on me! Between Easter in Calgary with my brother and sister-in-law, a get-a-way weekend with my husband which included COLDPLAY and our school Spring Arts Musical it has been quite the last few hectic weeks.
To recap back to just before Easter we had received a small piece of exciting news! In February we had realized we needed to get cracking on our first step of the Citizinship process and so we sent in our paperwork to the government. After receiving a letter saying that it would take 15 weeks to process we were feeling a bit discouraged. But just before Easter (5 weeks later) we received the first step back and it was processed and ready to go! It was such a huge blessing that it happened so fast!
Then just last week we got word that both countries have now signed the paperwork needed and South Africa is open again. Now its waiting as patiently as can be for the Canadian Immigration--praying it will be ready to go soon also!
These last few weeks have been sort of blah. I have been feeling a bit discouraged and I need daily and minute reminders that God is in control. It sucks to know that our child might be out there but I don't know him/her yet. I have been working through this thought these last few weeks and it hasn't been easy. Who knows how much longer it will be as there is never a guaranteed timeline, I knew this coming in but actually living through it is a totally different feeling.
For the longest time (before our adoption process started) all I wanted was to be pregnant. We tried for a year before we decided it was time to look into adoption which we knew would always be in our family at some point. This is when it all began to fall into place in my heart and head. I wanted to be a mom of my child. There are no rules for how that will look but the fact is that someday I get to be a mom. It hasn't been an easy road and it will continue to have its ups and downs but in the end I will get to be a mom! This is the reminder, along with knowing that God has it in his hands, that keeps me going from day to day. Even on those days when I wake up with a heart that is just aching and I feel like I can't go on I know that God does have a plan for me and Josh and our family. This may sound cliche to you but it is exactly what life looks like for me. I have always thought of sharing this but never knew how exactly. I am not writing it for sympathy but for understanding of what it may be like for those around you in similar situations whether it is adoption or biological. Each day is a struggle when your plan in your head isn't how its actually happening.
I pray daily for all those moms to be, whether it is happening right now (Yay for another niece soon!) or you have been waiting for years. My heart rejoices and empathizes with you! My prayers reach out to all of you!
Thanks for reading and I hope that what I share makes sense and reaches out to someone!
Be Blessed!
Shaeline
To recap back to just before Easter we had received a small piece of exciting news! In February we had realized we needed to get cracking on our first step of the Citizinship process and so we sent in our paperwork to the government. After receiving a letter saying that it would take 15 weeks to process we were feeling a bit discouraged. But just before Easter (5 weeks later) we received the first step back and it was processed and ready to go! It was such a huge blessing that it happened so fast!
Then just last week we got word that both countries have now signed the paperwork needed and South Africa is open again. Now its waiting as patiently as can be for the Canadian Immigration--praying it will be ready to go soon also!
These last few weeks have been sort of blah. I have been feeling a bit discouraged and I need daily and minute reminders that God is in control. It sucks to know that our child might be out there but I don't know him/her yet. I have been working through this thought these last few weeks and it hasn't been easy. Who knows how much longer it will be as there is never a guaranteed timeline, I knew this coming in but actually living through it is a totally different feeling.
For the longest time (before our adoption process started) all I wanted was to be pregnant. We tried for a year before we decided it was time to look into adoption which we knew would always be in our family at some point. This is when it all began to fall into place in my heart and head. I wanted to be a mom of my child. There are no rules for how that will look but the fact is that someday I get to be a mom. It hasn't been an easy road and it will continue to have its ups and downs but in the end I will get to be a mom! This is the reminder, along with knowing that God has it in his hands, that keeps me going from day to day. Even on those days when I wake up with a heart that is just aching and I feel like I can't go on I know that God does have a plan for me and Josh and our family. This may sound cliche to you but it is exactly what life looks like for me. I have always thought of sharing this but never knew how exactly. I am not writing it for sympathy but for understanding of what it may be like for those around you in similar situations whether it is adoption or biological. Each day is a struggle when your plan in your head isn't how its actually happening.
I pray daily for all those moms to be, whether it is happening right now (Yay for another niece soon!) or you have been waiting for years. My heart rejoices and empathizes with you! My prayers reach out to all of you!
Thanks for reading and I hope that what I share makes sense and reaches out to someone!
Be Blessed!
Shaeline
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Picture update...
I realized that in the last many posts I haven't posted pictures and I love to take pictures so I wanted to share some of the exciting events in our lives through pictures. A recap of some of the exciting adventures we have been blessed with recently...
1. Our house--we love being homeowners and are finally feeling like it is settled. Still a few garbage bags hanging in our windows but all in all most boxes are unpacked and its feeling settled and homey.
I was able to also start on our baby room--I have painted it, found some decorations and soon I get to order the crib!!! Very excited to see it slowly come together! I am working on refinishing a dresser for the room as well which is currently in our basement and is mint green. I look forward to sanding it down, painting it white so it can be put inside the room!
2.Our Adoption- I just found out that our paperwork has made it to Ontario (our agency)!!! Our agency emailed us and we are very excited to be at this point. Not sure when anything will open or happen but at least its there and ready to go when everything else is ready to go.
Be Blessed and find those blessings in each day--even on the hard days!
Shaeline
1. Our house--we love being homeowners and are finally feeling like it is settled. Still a few garbage bags hanging in our windows but all in all most boxes are unpacked and its feeling settled and homey.
I was able to also start on our baby room--I have painted it, found some decorations and soon I get to order the crib!!! Very excited to see it slowly come together! I am working on refinishing a dresser for the room as well which is currently in our basement and is mint green. I look forward to sanding it down, painting it white so it can be put inside the room!
2.Our Adoption- I just found out that our paperwork has made it to Ontario (our agency)!!! Our agency emailed us and we are very excited to be at this point. Not sure when anything will open or happen but at least its there and ready to go when everything else is ready to go.
There it is--our paperwork!
The next pictures are a few views of the room and what
is inside of our room already! So blessed!
Gifts from friends and family for our baby--and these are just some of them.
Our baby is so loved already!
The house pictures will be coming soon! Somehow I have lost them on my computer--once I find them I will share them with you!
I wanted to share a song that has been an amazing encouragement and has really spoken to me and shown me what to strive for with my faith! Its one that I can play on repeat--I hope you enjoy!
There isn't anything to the video but its the words that really are quite amazing!
Shaeline
Thursday, February 23, 2012
We are "Paper Pregnant"!
As of today we are officially "paper pregnant" . Today was the day we got the last of our paperwork sent away! Tonight after having lots of my family over for supper, enjoying some time with my mom and visiting with my sister and mom I have some time where my brain can just stop for a while. It feels a little strange that I can't actually do anything anymore to get us closer except wait.
Waiting- what a crazy word with a whole new meaning to me! Usually waiting means to wait for a holiday to come or wait to buy a house or wait to buy a shirt. Waiting has never been for a life changing situation. I am so excited when this waiting game will be over but waiting without a timeline is going to be a wonderful story with good parts and hard parts but it is all apart of our journey to being parents.
Anyways, just wanted to share with everyone that our first major step is completed!
Thanks to everyone for following our story, sharing your prayers and thoughts and just simply asking us about how its going! That I think is the most meaningful thing ever!
Waiting- what a crazy word with a whole new meaning to me! Usually waiting means to wait for a holiday to come or wait to buy a house or wait to buy a shirt. Waiting has never been for a life changing situation. I am so excited when this waiting game will be over but waiting without a timeline is going to be a wonderful story with good parts and hard parts but it is all apart of our journey to being parents.
Anyways, just wanted to share with everyone that our first major step is completed!
Thanks to everyone for following our story, sharing your prayers and thoughts and just simply asking us about how its going! That I think is the most meaningful thing ever!
Be Blessed
Shaeline
Monday, January 30, 2012
Untitled---
So I am not sure what to call this blogpost as it is sharing some blessings and where I am at in life for real- so here it goes:
1. My mom and dad came down last week and brought the colour of paint I have been waiting for!!! So amazing that it came this soon! I even got the first coat on! (blessing)
2. Again, my dad came down this week and brought the carpet and furniture that we have been waiting for! Now to refinish the furniture and rearrange our living room area to fit the carpet underneath! (blessing)
3. I don't like paperwork! :) Last night Josh and I were sitting down to get stuff figured out and we forgot about a certain part of the paperwork. (real life)
4. I am so overwhelmed with everything that we have yet to do. So stressed! (real life)
5. I haven't slept a solid night through since about 2 weeks ago. (real life)
6. My amazing husband passed on a song to me that speaks exactly where I am at and I wanted to share it with you! (blessing)
I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
Thanks for listening to my ramble!
Be Blessed
Shaeline
1. My mom and dad came down last week and brought the colour of paint I have been waiting for!!! So amazing that it came this soon! I even got the first coat on! (blessing)
2. Again, my dad came down this week and brought the carpet and furniture that we have been waiting for! Now to refinish the furniture and rearrange our living room area to fit the carpet underneath! (blessing)
3. I don't like paperwork! :) Last night Josh and I were sitting down to get stuff figured out and we forgot about a certain part of the paperwork. (real life)
4. I am so overwhelmed with everything that we have yet to do. So stressed! (real life)
5. I haven't slept a solid night through since about 2 weeks ago. (real life)
6. My amazing husband passed on a song to me that speaks exactly where I am at and I wanted to share it with you! (blessing)
I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
Thanks for listening to my ramble!
Be Blessed
Shaeline
Friday, January 13, 2012
Words that say it all-
We thought you'd be here
By: Wes King
"We thought you'd be here by now
Your mother and I
We're praying through our tears that somehow
We might hear your sweet cry
Have we waited too long?
It's getting harder to be strong
Is there something we've done wrong?
But if you like dancing
I'll make it rain rhythm, and rhyme, and melodies, child
And if you like dreaming
Your mother will make your imagination run wild
Somehow, we thought you'd be here by now
We have a room just for you upstairs
It's right down the hall
So we'll be close should you ever get scared
We'll come when you call
It's a room full of stories
Waiting to be told
Longing to behold
And if you like laughing
I'll paint you a circus of smiles and ferris wheels, dear
And if you like living
Your mother will fly you to worlds both far and near
Somehow...
I never knew the silence could make me so deaf
I never knew that I could miss someone I've never met
Miss someone I haven't met yet
But if you like dancing
I'll make it rain rhythm, and rhyme, and melodies, child
And if you like dreaming
Your mother will make your imagination run wild
And if you like laughing
And if you like living
And if you like dancing and dreaming and living, child
We'll be waiting...”
This song says it all for me--I can't find what it sounds like but the words really hit home for me!
~Be Blessed~
"We thought you'd be here by now
Your mother and I
We're praying through our tears that somehow
We might hear your sweet cry
Have we waited too long?
It's getting harder to be strong
Is there something we've done wrong?
But if you like dancing
I'll make it rain rhythm, and rhyme, and melodies, child
And if you like dreaming
Your mother will make your imagination run wild
Somehow, we thought you'd be here by now
We have a room just for you upstairs
It's right down the hall
So we'll be close should you ever get scared
We'll come when you call
It's a room full of stories
Waiting to be told
Longing to behold
And if you like laughing
I'll paint you a circus of smiles and ferris wheels, dear
And if you like living
Your mother will fly you to worlds both far and near
Somehow...
I never knew the silence could make me so deaf
I never knew that I could miss someone I've never met
Miss someone I haven't met yet
But if you like dancing
I'll make it rain rhythm, and rhyme, and melodies, child
And if you like dreaming
Your mother will make your imagination run wild
And if you like laughing
And if you like living
And if you like dancing and dreaming and living, child
We'll be waiting...”
This song says it all for me--I can't find what it sounds like but the words really hit home for me!
~Be Blessed~
Roller coaster Month
I have always told myself that any blog I do would have a purpose. I attempted a blog a long time ago for my photography which then changed into this blog. The purpose of this blog has always been to share my life with you and what has been going on. Up until this point I have tried to share the positives in my life to help myself stay focused on the blessings in my life but also to encourage you to do the same.
So to begin I thought I would share some of the blessings that stick out to me in the last little while.
#1- Josh and I finally are homeowners! Tonight I was making supper and just felt peace about our home! I love being a homeowner (at least so far) and the dreams and future we have in this home! I will get pictures up in the next few days! This house has been a huge blessing and a huge sigh of relief! The pressure had been so heavy the last 7 months and it was starting to bog us down. God definitely had a hand in the whole situation and I am thankful for where He has lead us!
#2- Just recently I have begun to think of the huge blessings of our jobs. We both have been blessed with stable, permanent jobs and fantastic co-workers. Not saying the work is always fun or great but its a job and its a huge blessing!
#3- We finally finished the first part of our paperwork! Wow- 1 1/2 months later and we gave it to our social worker. Which means we are ready for part 2! The home study report AND our family portfolio, which I am very excited to start!
Blessings are so important to find in each day. It makes things a bit easier to handle! Knowing God is in control and that He blesses us in so many different ways is quite incredible and hard to grasp at times.
Even though I know we have been blessed this last month, it has not been an easy month for myself. My emotions are all over the place and I have never had such an awesome, exciting yet hard Christmas in my life. Usually its just awesome and exciting but that element of difficulty was new to me. A year ago I was excited to hopefully share this Christmas with my own family. That hasn't happened yet and Christmas in some ways seemed a bit empty for me. My hope was to spoil our child and spend this Christmas as a family of 3. Baby Stromberg- You sure did get spoiled at Christmas (and not just from mommy and daddy, you even had presents from auntie and uncle and grandma and grandpa under the tree!- What a blessing) I do continue to look forward to the day that a family of 3 will happen, but the season just seemed to be missing that part for me and don't get me wrong- Christmas was awesome with all of our family, moving into the new house and sharing the love of God with friends. We loved every second of it but it just seemed to be missing a part.
I know adoption is exciting and we are very excited! We have made it to certain points and have celebrated but it also is way harder than I ever expected. Someday this road will come to a point that we get to meet our child but that road has already been longer than what we had hoped or planned for. When the time comes to meet our baby the look back on this long road will seem short, but until that point all Josh and I can do is encourage each other, support each other and pray for each other. Thanks to everyone who has supported us thus far, we appreciate it more than you can imagine! Your prayers, questions, conversations and thoughts mean the world to us and our baby!!
So to begin I thought I would share some of the blessings that stick out to me in the last little while.
#1- Josh and I finally are homeowners! Tonight I was making supper and just felt peace about our home! I love being a homeowner (at least so far) and the dreams and future we have in this home! I will get pictures up in the next few days! This house has been a huge blessing and a huge sigh of relief! The pressure had been so heavy the last 7 months and it was starting to bog us down. God definitely had a hand in the whole situation and I am thankful for where He has lead us!
#2- Just recently I have begun to think of the huge blessings of our jobs. We both have been blessed with stable, permanent jobs and fantastic co-workers. Not saying the work is always fun or great but its a job and its a huge blessing!
#3- We finally finished the first part of our paperwork! Wow- 1 1/2 months later and we gave it to our social worker. Which means we are ready for part 2! The home study report AND our family portfolio, which I am very excited to start!
Blessings are so important to find in each day. It makes things a bit easier to handle! Knowing God is in control and that He blesses us in so many different ways is quite incredible and hard to grasp at times.
Even though I know we have been blessed this last month, it has not been an easy month for myself. My emotions are all over the place and I have never had such an awesome, exciting yet hard Christmas in my life. Usually its just awesome and exciting but that element of difficulty was new to me. A year ago I was excited to hopefully share this Christmas with my own family. That hasn't happened yet and Christmas in some ways seemed a bit empty for me. My hope was to spoil our child and spend this Christmas as a family of 3. Baby Stromberg- You sure did get spoiled at Christmas (and not just from mommy and daddy, you even had presents from auntie and uncle and grandma and grandpa under the tree!- What a blessing) I do continue to look forward to the day that a family of 3 will happen, but the season just seemed to be missing that part for me and don't get me wrong- Christmas was awesome with all of our family, moving into the new house and sharing the love of God with friends. We loved every second of it but it just seemed to be missing a part.
I know adoption is exciting and we are very excited! We have made it to certain points and have celebrated but it also is way harder than I ever expected. Someday this road will come to a point that we get to meet our child but that road has already been longer than what we had hoped or planned for. When the time comes to meet our baby the look back on this long road will seem short, but until that point all Josh and I can do is encourage each other, support each other and pray for each other. Thanks to everyone who has supported us thus far, we appreciate it more than you can imagine! Your prayers, questions, conversations and thoughts mean the world to us and our baby!!
To our baby,
We love you already! Mommy and Daddy can not wait to meet you!!We pray for you every day! WE LOVE YOU!
Love, Mommy and Daddy
Be blessed,
Shaeline
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