Today's a new day....

And I'm going to chose to be glad. Man, yesterday was rough!! Our family has had a rough week. Tuesday we found out that Dillon has yet another medical diagnosis that requires another specialist visit. This condition could require nothing but monitoring, or extensive treatment. Dillon just can't catch a break. Then everyday thinking we were going to get travel clearance and finding out yesterday that we weren't near as close as we had assumed. And, to top it all off, Carter is dealing with some typical junior high things that are hard to watch him walk through(nothing big, but when you are 13-everything is a big deal). But, God's mercies are new every morning and His grace is sufficient. I don't ever want this blog to be a "woe is us" type of place. Yes sometimes I feel sorry for myself and I want to continue feeling sorry for myself! But the fact is, we have nothing to complain about. We have each other, we have steady jobs, friends, family, air conditioner, too much food, clean running water, health insurance, education and on and on. So, I'm dragging myself out of the pity party(felt good for a few hours last night!) and moving on. Hmmm, what are the positives of this wait being longer??? Well, our plane tickets will be cheaper since August is peak season for Korea and we will be avoiding that. I won't miss Dillon's first day of school or Carter's first football game. I feel like a fool. I didn't fill in my work schedule after Aug.25th cause I KNEW I'd be home with my new son by then. I don't have a sitter for Dillon lined up after this week. I turned in my family leave papers a looooooong time ago and told them I'd be traveling late July! I have to clarify something, in Dillon International's defense, they haven't done anything to cause a long wait. Really, the only people I can place blame on is the Dallas Citizenship and Immigration Services office. They took a long time to process our papers and we probably lost a month from that! Our caseworker has always given us a range of timelines(the standard answer seems to be "2-4 weeks" for every step!). We never realized how hard it would be to adopt a waiting child and do every single step of requirements and red tape backwards(in a typical process, you've already done many of these steps before ever getting a referral for a certain child). So, it is what it is!
I keep singing the chorus of a great great song!
from God Of My Days by Gateway Worship cd Wake Up The World
God of my days, king of my nights, Lord of my laughter, Sovereign in sorrow,
You're the Prince of my praise, the love of my life, you never leave me you are faithful, God of my days