Might as well get as many people on this as possible.... the praying that is....Joe's arm/wrist is starting to feel the stretch and it hurts...sometimes I'm just not sure exactly WHAT hurts...but the skin on his arm is mostly scar tissue and is not real stretchy...and it needs to stretch.
He also is digging deep into some old feelings...well not all that old...from foster family days and he is hurting.
We are trying to help him to talk through the stuff and also explain that forgiving them and letting God take care of them...will help him be free of their baggage. I know that sounds like a sort of strange idea, but if we let them control our hearts from 'way over on the other side of the ocean....they are still hurting our son and us.
Then there is the 'normal' stuff...wishing he/they were whiter and maybe "mama Chi*nese" did you think I was "ugly boy" when you first saw me? Realizing that we did know what he looked like before we met him....and still thought he was handsome...even though the haircut was awful. Wishing he was born in my belly...wondering when I'm going to get the book from the library that explains how babies are made... 'Being amazed that we will sit praying for him and the doctors during the next surgery "how many times"
FUN stuff!
The day was not all bad...but the next 3 weeks will be a stretch...pun intended!!
Praying for my sweet friend for all the right words to flow from your lips to your sweet son who is realizing the magnitude of what it means to have a family!!!
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing!