Fireproof

So we watched the movie Fireproof the other night. We have been meaning to watch it forever, but just never did.

Seems like when the kids are down (we had been told it wasn't kid friendly like Facing the Giants is) all we want to do is SLEEP, or read all these awesome books, but not watch movies.

Well, several weeks ago, a friend who owns the movie loaned it to us.

And we watched it.

And we cried.

It was so good. We just loved it and wished we had watched it sooner.





Do you need a date night with your husband? It makes me want to go and buy all the cool gear that came out after the movie did.

walking with others

tonight my heart is heavy.

I have just returned from visiting my friend whose baby is in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

The baby has been in the ICU for two weeks, and will likely be there many months unless God intervenes.

tonight we prayed, and cried, and sang.

she said to me, "i just want my life back."

she has a two year old son as well, and he is going back and forth between the homes of friends, but her mommy heart wants to be with him, and the baby...like before. but she can't.

this is her new normal.

the two year old is either with daddy or mommy or random friends taking care of him, but never mommy and daddy and brother all together.

my friend said she just misses life, you know, being at home, reading books, doing laundry.

God, thank You for my life. Thank You for our laundry. Thank You for my dirty dishes. Thank You for our messy, sticky life. Thank You for the gift of things being normal, expected, routine.

what a gift!

One Year

One year ago tonight, Joel and I sat filling out the online application for our adoption agency. We anxiously hit the "submit" button, fulfilling a dream we'd had since before we got married. We were officially on our way. We were diving in. We thought that by this time next year, we'd have a sweet addition to our family.

But we continue to wait. We mark this day with remembrance and love. We thank God for the wait. For all He is teaching us. For all He has done.

We have always tried to remember significant days in our marriage and in our family, in an effort to "Set up road signs; put up guideposts. Take note of the highway, the road that you take." from Jeremiah 31.

And while eventually this day may be overshadowed by other important days (the day we get our referral, the day we pass court, the DAY WE MEET, the day we get to bring you home), we mark today as something special.

The day we began our journey to you.