Adoption Orientation

Through a friend we have learned of Lutheran Services of Georgia & gained a contact. I am excited to let you know that Jeff & I are attending an adoption orientation class on Thursday, July 7^th. We are also signed up for their IMPACT training classes, which are required in order to begin the home-study process. These classes are July 25, 27 & 28^th  & July 30^th. I am thrilled these classes are offered after normal business hours & are not costing us a dime (praise God)!! Please continue to join us in praying for God’s will to be done in our lives!

Your support & prayers mean the world to me!

Stranger Danger

I have become very comfortable in the circles I run in.
At work I am safe. All my co-workers know my story.
At church I am safe.They all know my story & my heart.
Within my family I am safe. They all know my story, pray for me, encourage me.

But when I get outside of those circles, that is when I avoid. I avoid others like the plague. I can walk thru a crowded room with a smile on my face and not make eye contact once. I find ways to busy myself so as to keep strangers from talking to me. It's not that I am too good or too shy. I can be very outgoing when I want to be. I remember when I loved meeting new people and learning about where they are from and what makes them smile.

I avoid people because people ask questions.

"So which one is yours?" Did your Mother not teach you to never, ever, ever assume!
"So when are you going to have kid?" Again with the assuming.

When these questions are asked, it's as if I've just had the air knocked out of me. The wind is taken from my sails.  It takes a minute for me to find the words to respond.

So now that I have this knowledge, what do I do with it?

my follow-up

I went in for my post-op follow-up appointment last Tuesday. My doctor showed me the pictures of my insides (which honestly made me want to puke) and explained to me how much my endo. is spreading (which also made me want to puke). At this point, he'd like for me to pray about trying the Lupron shots. Honestly, I didn't feel like there was much to pray about.

The side effects said it all: Hot flashes.  Mood swings. And other unpleasant things.

Did I mention I'm 30 years old and otherwise healthy?

So Jeff & I talked. We kind of made a decision that we are going to try again to get pregnant the old fashioned way. I believe God still performs miracles, but if it doesn't happen there's always adoption. Either way we will adopt.

In the meantime, I am doing some research into natural ways to treat my endometriosis. As of last night, I am the proud new owner of a gym membership. *Woot! Woot!*

If you're reading this, would you stop right now and say a prayer that if God sees fit to give us a baby of our own, that He would work his magic and make it happen!