Good luck

Yesterday I was out with the kids teaching them how to do cartwheels in the grass. It reminded me of childhood and the beautiful days spent with grass between my toes running after fire flies. It didn't last long as Julian and Cooper weren't really interested so we decided to start looking for four-leaf clovers. I told them how rare it was to find one that had four leaves and that some people think that if you find one you will be lucky even though I don't really believe in luck all that much. We looked for a while and I stopped and I prayed out loud, "God, we know that you know where all of the special clovers are. So, if you could just help me to find one that would be really awesome." The kids heard me and kept looking for a few minutes more. Julian finally decided to go in the house declaring we didn't have any of those four leaf clovers in our yard. Thirty seconds later I say, "Thank you for being so Good." Cooper comes over to where I am and sees the four leaf clover in my hand and he immediately runs in and yells to Julian, "God is good! Mom found one!"
And if they just learn that it will be enough.

A mad rush

           In July of this year a law will be passed that changes the way we do adoptions in our country. It will be a good change for the most part and will help to bring unity to the whole process. As a result, we have had to do about 6-9 months worth of paper work in three weeks. I am talking about HIV tests, TB tests, kids vaccinations and physicals, police checks, fire inspections, references, autobiographies, home inspections, and the list goes on.We are trying to get everything in before the law goes into effect because for us it means about $20,000 and a lot more work. I am optimistic but in all reality I know that it will be a miracle. I really think that God sometimes orchestrates these scenarios in our lives to show us His goodness. So that we can know even more profoundly that this is all about him and not us.