Hey friends. So it's official...I'm back to blogging. In fact, I've decided to jump in head first. If you read my last post, you saw that I am really struggling putting into words all that I'm walking through and feeling these last few months. So to get the words flowing I'm challenging myself to a 30 day journaling experiment. I am planning on blogging every day for the month of June--some days it will be silly, somedays pictures with captions (words are words right?), and definitely some grappling with the thoughts that are very jumbled in my head. I am a little bit scared by this, if I can be totally honest. Over the last 6 months I've kind of retreated into my "turtle shell" and decided to keep my thoughts more private. But now I feel the need to start wrestling with my thoughts & asking God to bring calm to my chaotic mind & heart.
Thus this little writing challenge.
I may completely fail at this, and if I do, hopefully grace will be shown. But I am really looking forward to pushing myself in this way. I also know that God has been calling me to pick up my "pen" again. So out of obedience & the need for order to my chaos, here I am. I hope that you will join me on this journey...your cheers (aka comments) along the way will push me to keep going! And maybe you'd like to join me by also taking a 30 day journaling challenge....we can be bloggy accountablility partners :)
So here is where I will start:
Adoption is the hardest thing I have ever walked through. Our journey to Jane seemed impossibly hard. But I have to tell you....that part was a cakewalk compared to mothering an adopted child. It is the most insanely trying season I've ever walked through. But in the midst of it, I have learned more about grace than I ever could have imagined. And that my friends, is a very good thing.
Let the journey begin.....
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can't wait.
ReplyDeletePerhaps a few dialogue partners for your thought-wrestling would help...I'm in!
ReplyDeleteAdoption is hard, but also very rewarding. Once you get through the beginning "growing pains" it will get easier. I promise. We're right there with you in the beginning stages of "learning". There are hard days, and very fun/easy going days. Soon the easy days will out weigh the hard ones. And then, you will be faced with "typical" frustrations/challenges. Like talking back; the roll of the eyes; tantrums; etc. You know the "normal, fun" stuff. LOL Hang in there. I'll be with you every step of the way. We can be each others cheerleaders. "We can do it, we can do it, we can do it". :-) Hugs......
ReplyDeleteI'm joining the group with you and Debbie. I am so grateful for the adoption friends that God has given us through Mosaic. We have people that completely relate to what we are going through. I am walking this road with you. It does get easier. Ashlyn seems to have peeled back another layer of her "onion" and she is seeming a lot more secure the past two weeks.
ReplyDeleteI agree that this is the hardest thing. I think that we adoptive moms keep a lot of thoughts to ourselves, probably because we are embarrased about what we are thinking. But in the end we have the most priceless gift ever. God just wants us to appreciate them.
Please continue to share your journey! I am a part of the YG and we just got home from Ethiopia. I had remembered your honest blog post about how hard it was to come home and I have been holding onto that. It's HARD! We have a bio three year old and our little lady is 6 months old. I'd love to email you privately and pick your brain a little if you are able. My email is: katherine_jamieson@yahoo.com. Blessings!
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