Monday Madness

I feel like I have been given a new lease on life.  Why?  The past week I have been especially stressed.  No, my kids did not cause my stress, by the way nor my husband.  We had some things come up with the adoption and we were told that our home study had to be updated because it would expire on February 6th and there are no guarantees that we will have Bereket home by then.  What this would involve is medical forms filled out for the whole family by doctors, fingerprints again, financial statements, etc., a lot of time and money too!!  Both of our adoption agencies told us that, yes, we had to go forward with this even though Bereket may be home by then.

Today, I finally heard back from our attorney about the matter.  I just felt the need to run it by her and ask her expert opinion!  I had a conference call today with her and our agency coordinator and Kelly, our attorney, affirmed that we do NOT need to do the home study update!  The reason is complicated but I get the bottom line and boy, am I ever happy to hear this!!!! 

Sometimes I get so involved with my own life and complications, that I forget to look around!  Last night we spent time with our good friends, Will and Alyssa Gingg.  Alyssa's mom is dying and we talked some about it.  Look around.  My own troubles can overwhelm me and make me feel like I am suffocating.  Then, I think about what others are facing and going through and I try to put myself in their shoes.  In order to really put yourself in some one's shoes, you have to care.  We have a hymn that says, "I want to feel the pain my neighbors often know."  I know there are times I am not willing for this, but when I do, I am glad that I do because it puts my life and my own troubles in a different light! 

I have had a crazy Monday as usual, but then to others, it may not seem crazy at all!!  Happy Monday!