i think my dear friend becca summed it up best when she wrote, in response to our news, "whoa! hooray! holy crap! (<---- my edited version. she's working on her swearing, as her 20 month old repeats everything...) holy smokes! ay carumba! PRAISE THE LORD!!"
i have never felt the way that i am feeling right now. i've spent some time here (on this blogspot) comparing this process, our adoption journey, to our path to parenthood through pregnancy. these two things, at this moment in time, could not feel more differently. more foreign to one another. more polar to me. and, at the same time, i recognize where i am right now, in the depths of my heart, as the same place i was the first time that i laid my eyes on theodore. the first time i nestled my nose into emmett's neck, and breathed him in.
i can't stop. thinking, crying, wondering, hoping... i'm a train wreck (a really, really wonderful one, if that's possible.)
i have so much that i want to tell you.
and i hope that i'm stable enough to do so sometime soon.
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Everything you are saying you are feeling is sooooo familiar to me. I remember that with Julia so clearly (plus I drove through a blizzard to get her referral video!) And when you pick him up there will be feelings that you can't even describe. Doesn't matter how stable you are--I'm always here!
YEAH!!!! Congratulations!! I am so extatic for you! What an amazing feeling isn't it!
I will be sending on travel tips to you too :)
i'm so glad to be on this journey with you. though our paths to arrive there are slightly different, i'm with you all the way. who knew we'd learn about our third babies so close to each other. i'm so glad i was able to share in your excitement. i am so eager to hear all the next steps.
OMG OMG OMG!!! YAY!!! I'm so excited and happy for you...
Selfishly, I hope you are stable soon... since I am obviously dying to hear the details!!
Gosh, what a wonderful way to start a Friday!!
i am so happy for you and your family, and look forward to reading more when you are ready to share. :)
Oh my goodness!!!!!!!! Congratulations! I'm thrilled for you. Can't wait to hear more!
Wowzer! That was soooo fast! How did you swing that? Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't wait to hear more, more, more!
emily - so very happy for you and cannot wait to hear all about it!!!!
Congratulations, Emily! What wonderful news! I can't even begin to imagine how you must be feeling....but aren't these moments of instability the best part of life? Love it! Can't wait to hear more!! xn
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations! I look forward to seeing many pictures of your third-born. I'm glad I've been able to be a part of your journey via your blog. xo
Hi Emily! Thank you for adding in the family appropriate language. I REALLY am trying ;) I am just over the moon for you...you know that. Can't wait to hear all of the details.
Love you lots.
Emily, Wow! I am just catching up after caring for our sick family! I'm thrilled for you and can't wait to hear more! Enjoy the journey...it's amazing!
Oh I am so excited for you! We will be here for you....waiting....impatiently at the edge of our seats.
Congratulaions!!! What a wonderful moment.
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