my secret wish

My wonderful grandmother has a love for numbers. She has been blessed with so many grandchildren and now great-grandchildren...what a better blessing to count.

Just for fun, I am number 14 out of 26 grandchildren, sharing the middle marker. 13 of her grandchildren are male, the other 13 obviously female. Her great-grandchildren have shared a similar gender battle as the numbers creep up. You can see what fun it can be...
if you share an appreciation of statistics, that is.

What is my secret wish? That our referral will be great-grandchild number 50. Today I found out that number 49 is in utero, along with numbers 47 & 48, all due June/July 2011.

It's a long shot...so I'd better get cracking on that paperwork!

waiting hearts

And another month passes by. It's been a quiet month for referrals - too quiet for my waiting heart.

Lately, Kazia has been asking if we can adopt. We hadn't formally told her anything, and I debated on it now as she's not gifted with patience. But I did tell her. And as I expected, she was thrilled; I saw that fast beating heart smile. At night in bed she pours over the book on Ethiopia I bought used from the library.

Dare I think about this, but I do hope that things will work out - I'd hate for her precious heart to be crushed too.

And this waiting heart of mine grows weary...impatient.

How long?

blessings

Now that summer is here, school's out, and Kevin's worked has scaled back we've been having lots of fun just being together. I've been really loving it and feeling incredibly blessed. I'm treasuring these moments & my kids...yet I am yearning just the same for our adoption to work out. (especially when the kids keep asking me for 'another one'). :)


My lovely and often nutty girlies...






okay, so this is my city kids' attempt at a fort - does it ever make me wish I could give 'em a real fort!