Worth It All!

Our little guy is doing good.

Really good.

My heart is full of love for him.

While I know that sounds syruppy and sappy,

it's so very true!!

It's becoming more and more real

that we are likely going to be his forever family.

On my to-do list is to choose an adoption attorney.

Adoption officially likely won't happen until the spring,

but we are still praying for a faster process.

A faster process would be so wonderful for him and for us.

Fostering is every bit the headache that I imagined in many ways

and isn't as big of a headache as I imagined in other ways;

however, it is SO WORTH IT!!!

Let me rephrase that - HE IS SO WORTH IT!!!

Isn't our little guy worth monthly interruptions from case workers?

Isn't our little guy worth a ridiculous amount of paperwork?

Isn't our little guy worth the pain of locking up our medications

and household cleaners?

Isn't our little guy worth a limited babysitter list?

{Shameless plug here for foster families...if you want

to support them in an amazing way, ask what you can do

to become an approved sitter for them and then

send them on a datenight!!}

So, yes, our little guy is worth all of the red tape

and there are so many waiting children who are also

worth someone going through the headache of fostering

or fostering-to-adopt them.

It's worth it, folks.

THESE INNOCENT CHILDREN ARE WORTH IT!!

We have talked about adoption here and there with him.

I don't want it to be a surprise to him,

yet, I don't want to over-commit something to him

that is not officially official at this point.

Where's my textbook on this stuff?

Isaiah 1:17 is one of my favorite verses when I think about M.:

"Learn to do good! Seek justice, correct oppression.

Bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause."