Reilly

As we continue to heal we hope very much to go back to U and bring home this darling “Reilly”.  We have looked at her profile and loved her for a long time and now we are bursting with love for this sweet girl!  Reilly has been living at a rehabilitation facility that boards special needs children who have families as well as orphans.  However, we have been told that she will very soon be moved to an institution where her needs will likely not be met.  We have worked very diligently to complete a new dossier quickly and get our sweet new daughter home as quickly as possible.  We hope to be “submitted” this week and be granted a travel date in early September this year. 

Here are some pictures of Sweet Reilly.  She is 12 years old and has Cerebral Palsy that affects the muscle tension in her legs.  She walks with a walker and very slowly.  She is said to enjoy knitting and is very patient and kind.  Almost all of her friends in her groupa at the school have been adopted within the last two years.  Oh how we would love to welcome this little darling into our loving family!  Her two little sisters can’t wait to meet her and shower her with hugs and kisses!  Thank you for reading our story!

Searching for words

Friends, I agonize over these words... So much has happened.  Our darling girl asked us to remove all pictures and post about her and her brother when we were denied adoption by the judge so I have removed all of my old posts and photos from public view.   If you have been following our story you know that we excitedly boarded a plane to Eastern Europe in March a few months ago.  And three weeks later, with broken hearts, announced to our friends and family that we were unable to adopt our dear girl.  I still struggle daily with this loss.  My heart aches so deeply.  I actually wrote a rather long outline of the story with detailed thoughts and opinions...very candid, every word.  Then I read it and thought it sounded much to whiny to post!  So here is the very short version....

God is still in control! That's it!  He always has been and He always will be.  He must have meant another child for our family instead instead of "nella" and for some reason we had a TON of refining through Fire to do before we would be ready for the child He means for our family.  So, here we go again.  We finally decided to go back to Eastern Europe after so much discussion and so much prayer.  We never doubted that we wanted to continue with an adoption, we just wanted to be sure that we were healthy as a family first.  I'm not sure I'm ever going to be "fully" recovered from losing "nella" and her darling brother but I am sure that God will use those deep, ugly scars to create in me something beautiful... To create a beautiful family.  Praise God from whom all blessings flow......