Love is in the air.....and Cupid has been busy at the high school I work at.
It is so funny to see the world thru their eyes, to remember the drama of young relationships! But it also makes me sad, to see their hearts get broken repeatedly. Many of them (ok, almost ALL of them) don't really know what love is....I had a great home life, with a stable family and loving relationships and I STILL didn't get it at a young age! Many of them don't have the models and experiences I had.....So how can I expect them to understand unconditional love and commitment?
We did a study at church several years ago on the Five Love Languages....it really had a big impact on me. It helped me to understand the things that some of my loved ones did and how to interpret them the way they were meant...not necessarily the way their actions made me feel....
Anyway, for those of you unfamiliar with the book, it states there are different ways that we show love to others, and different things we feel are important in relationships that determine how loved we feel. They are (let me see if I can get them right!) acts of service (me!), quality time (my #1), words of affirmation, gifts and physical touch.
It makes me wonder about little Kensley....what kind of person she will be...how she will see love and interpret others actions....
I have trouble picturing her little toddler face, let alone what she will look like and do and how she will act when she is a teenager, or an adult....
I feel so blessed to be able to be a part of her life and can not wait until she is here with us and we get to learn about her little personality!!
During this time of year when all the focus is on love, I hope that someone is there with little Miss Kensley, showing her love and affection until we are able to hold her and love her and teach her what family is all about....
I wanted to share with you today some of the love that has been shown to me and my family in honor of little Kensley since we started this journey....
*My hubby....at Christmas he put red lights in Kensley's special tree we planted out back in honor of Miss Kensley's first Christmas. It touched me so much.....that under the same sky that Kensley saw was something there just for her....it was all his idea and meant so much to me....
*My girls....they have sacrificed so much! Every day they bring up a way they can save money or do something to help bring their sister home...I have never seen two little girls so excited for a sister, and cannot wait to see them together....the memory deepest in my heart, though, is that they gave up new Halloween costumes and wore something from their closets so they could put the money in the adoption fund. I'm not sure my mother's heart could have swelled with pride more or could have been filled with more love than at that moment.....
*My momma is making her a special quilt for her bed....I got to pick out the pattern and fabric and we had a wonderful momma/daughter day in the fabric store and went to lunch afterwards. I can't wait to wrap my girl in her nana's outpouring of love onto fabric....how nana shows love best....
*My daddy donated money that will cover my plane tickets! Such a relief, and I know the time he spent making that money he was thinking of our little girl in cowgirl boots riding the gator or taking her first pony ride....thanks Daddy!
*My sister....Kendra is sacrificing so much to help us! Time, money, career, family....she is basically "dropping out of her life" to be a part of our special time in China for 3 weeks! I can't tell you how much I appreciate her sacrifice and cannot wait to spend that special time with her....
*My sister Kristi, for paving the way for me and giving me all her "to-do" lists when she is done with them! I wouldn't have thought of HALF of the thing you did....
*My SIL, Lisa....she cannot be at our shower and gave me Kensley's gifts a little early....and I loved the clothes (sooo cute!) and can't wait for her to wear them, and LOVE the diaper bag and how thoughtful it was that she researched and found the one I wanted, but what touched me most is the "goofy" she got Kensley....in one of her pictures there is a goofy toy, and Lis got her a goofy toy for here so she would have something she recognized....that level of caring and thoughtfulness brought me to tears....
*And one of my dearest friends Kerri just came over last weekend and brought the curtains she made for Kensley's room and helped me "check things off my to-do list." We worked on Kensley's room for about 7 hours...decorating, laughing, crying, dreaming....spending time together with lots of hot glue and pom-poms (rofl)...she showed her love to both of us by just sitting there and being with me and listening and helping me get something done that I couldn't get done by myself...
*The countless people who I have asked questions to, who have listened to my stories, "liked" or left a comment on my "Kensley" facebook statuses, or read my blog.... I can feel your support through my computer....knowing that you care and are praying for my girl and that you want good things for my family means the world to me....and I plan on printing out all your comments to put in her life book so she can see the people who supported her "when she was a glimmer in her daddy's eye" (as my momma would say - lol)....
I just wanted to say thank you...thank you for showing my family LOVE.
Thank you for your LOVE for Kensley.
Many families who are adopting do not have the luxury of having a family that is excited and welcoming and loving and supportive....and I just wanted to say THANK YOU and that I APPRECIATE YOU....
It means more to me than you will ever know.....
And switching gears....as far as our process goes...
I am STILL waiting on Travel Approval (TA)....
PRAYING and HOPING it is in God's timing to get it before Chinese New Year....It's getting harder and harder to not have a date to "count down to" to get my girl....They have said if we get it today or Monday they will still try to fit us in the March 4 travel group.....
So we are WAITING & HOPING & WAITING & DREAMING & WAITING & PRAYING & WAITING......
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