My life as a fable:

Someday when I look back at the story of my life,

I hope each chapter ending has a moral attached.

Kind of like Aesop's Fables.

This week the morals would probably be:

UNION GIVES STRENGTH

David, you are my everything. You are the greatest blessing I have ever known. You make life worth living every day. I love you.

Or perhaps:

WHATEVER YOU DO, DO WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT.

Lincoln, you are such a miracle. You have so much love. Even when you pushed the girl in nursery off the chair, we still can't imagine life without you. Thanks for being our good boy.

I think I will laugh a lot as I see the moral :

PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE--

written time

after time

after time.

Infertility/Adoption: you take the cake on this one. No other trials in my life have been able to really cement this principle in my mind! Thanks...I think...

So, while we are waiting, I will try to remember a few things. Namely:

NECESSITY KNOWS NO LAW

Hi Tears. No one wants to be the girl who just starts crying in the middle of the churck parking lot. However, I guess good friends stick together. And, we are such good friends. I like you at birthday parties, holidays, etc..(not so much when I am laying down and can no longer breathe.) You like me-- (I could go on here but, we will just stick with-- I am very likeable.)

But Tears, I hope some time in the near future; very near future, we can part with the sadness part of your job (not forever, of course)

and embark (together) upon a new, improved job; HAPPINESS.

think about it, okay? I mean, imagine your next outing with me, David, (and Lincoln) when we experience again that:

GOOD THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES

ready to be wrapped in a new,warm, plush blanket.

and needing lots of kisses and squeezes.


But, before I get ahead of myself,

i should probably just keep in mind that:

Misfortunes springing from ourselves are the hardest to bear (oh yes, the infertility)

and,

The best intentions will not always ensure success (Dear Birthparents...)

but,

Contentment with our lot is an element of happiness.

And my lot , is more than I could have ever hoped for.

I am blessed.