Without

Without....


...the miscarriage in 2005, we may never have been in this place at this time.  Things would be completely different for us.  We would have an almost five year old and wow, I can't imagine what our life would have been like.  We may never have even moved here to Florida, knowing that our kids would be so far away from our families.

...all of my gallbladder problems, we may have chosen to go the infertility route instead of adoption.  We went to the doctor in November 2008 and talked about trying the IUI.  Right after we went, I got very sick and for the longest time, the doctors had no idea what was going on.  After months of feeling like I was sick 24/7 and losing a ton of weight since I was constantly sick, they realized it was my gallbladder.  The fertility doctor wanted me to get "all better" before we moved forward with treatments.

...a dear authentic friend who has let me cry, rant, and more to her, I would probably have gone crazy.

...a phone call over the summer about a possible adoption, we may not have really started exploring our options.

...K and the possible adoption of Baby A, which by the way is beautiful, we would not have moved forward with the adoption paperwork as quickly as we did.

...a loving family that is like family that helped us not only get our home study done, but get it done quickly, we would not have been prepared and ready.

...an adoption agency that allows ministers to list for free, we may not have listed our profile and gotten it done so quickly.

...loving families that have supported and helped us with some of the financial obligations, this adoption would not be possible.

...a loan that we were able to take out, this adoption would be completely and utterly impossible.

...a friend that had a connection with a social worker at the local hospital, we never would have known about J and N.

..Walgreens making a mistake on one of our profile books and sending us three extras to cover their mistake, we would not have had a profile ready to go when we got the call.

...a friend that was willing to cover after school care for me the day that we got the call in order for me to drop off our profile, it might have been too late for us to be considered.

...a friend that just happened to be spending the night with me (since Dave was out of town) the day that the attorney needed our profile, I probably would not have driven downtown by myself and would have missed the opportunity to get our profile to the attorney.

...a call that I received on the five year anniversary of our miscarriage saying that J wanted to meet us, it would have been yet another sad day.

...friends and family giving us stuff for baby N, our nursery would not be as complete as it is today.

...all of you, praying and encouraging us, we would not be able to make it through.

...God, who has brought this all together in His time, I would never feel this blessed.