ach'in adoption

Adoption is hard

Adoption is not for the weary

Adoption stretches your faith

Yesterday I got four shots in preparation for our trip to our boys,

but let me tell you -

I'm still a bit dizzy and nauseous, 

(maybe I should have eaten before I got them)

and I still have a headache.

I have a high pain tolerance but 

(my blog - I can whine)

my arm hurts!

But nothing compares to the hurting that 

over 147 million children experience every day!

News for Ethiopian adoptions have been a roller coaster -

government red tape has been daunting,

and with this people respond -

"well that's why people don't adopt - 

it's too hard"

I ask you -

which is harder:

Waiting another month to hold your child

or

being a child who will never be held?

(beautiful children in this post are waiting for their families to find them -

see Lifeline Children Services )