On Sunday night, August 16th ...
I wrote an email to several close friends.
The subject of the email was,
"Just Can't Take It Anymore".
The content of the email started with,
"I don't know if I can last
another day with this kid."
The email ended with,
"I am mad ... frustrated ...
tired ... embarrassed ..."
It had been 9 weeks
since the beginning of
The Crisis,
(see archives)
and ...
I was at the end of my rope.
I seriously didn't know if
I could last another day.
I had lost hope.
I did not see any light
at the end of the tunnel.
The very next morning ...
I checked the email account
that I had set up
just for The Crisis.
And found ...
... a glimmer of hope.
... a family that was interested
in finding out more
about Jacob's situation.
For the past week ...
I have corresponded with a mom
that lives across the country.
Tonight ...
We talked on the phone,
for over an hour.
I believe ...
We have found
the Forever Family
for Jacob.
Please pray ...
... for wisdom for Jim and I,
as we research exactly
what needs to be done now.
... for peace for Rod & Katie,
as they prepare their
hearts and home for Jacob.
... for peace and comfort for
all of our children as they
face the upcoming transition.
I have been so praying for your family and will continue to do so!
ReplyDeleteBTW, I WOULD LOVE FOR your family to come visit us when you are out this way, so we need to talk soon...:)
Jer 29:11 assures us, as it did the Jews in exile, that God does have a plan for us, a wonderful plan that only we can leave out, but it is certainly not pain free or without pot holes. I hope that Jacob realizes that until he deals with things he cannot truly be living God's wonderful plan for him.
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ReplyDeleteI am praying for everyone involved. Thank you for updating us as I have been thinking about you lately and praying for your family...
Jennine
Laurel-
ReplyDeleteWe will continue to pray!
Sometimes we have to hang on to the fact that we are promised we will never be given more than we can handle, because it seems too much. It is good to know His promises are true!!
I know His plan for all of you is good. And this trial is for all your best. Cling to His truth.
Praying--Donna
So very thankful to hear about Rod and Katie - I am praying for all of you!
ReplyDeletePraying that Jacob will take the foundation you have laid for him to help him be successful in his new forever family. Praying for all your hearts as you face the upcoming transition.
ReplyDeleteBlessings.
wow laurel - your news is so wonderful to hear. we will continue to lift up the situation and for all that it entails. God DOES have a plan!!!
ReplyDeleteSuch a hard situation- brings a ray of hope! Praying for the best for everyone!!!!!
ReplyDeletePraying God will speak loud and clearly to all of you. Praying for peace for all involved.
ReplyDeletePut yourself in God's arms he is holding you. Take a breath of fresh air. He is your strength.
Grace to you.
echoing Kathy C's comment Laurel. AS I know so well from my own out -there days before I gave it all back to the Lord, you can change your address but until you have a heart change, there is no real change.
ReplyDeleteTrusting God with you for every facet of Jacob's future and for peace to wash over you and Im and family as the plan unfolds and begins to really take place!
hugs,
Linda who loves and stands on
Jer. 29:11 daily!!!!
So glad to read. I figured something was going on since I never heard back from you after I emailed. Hope things work out.
ReplyDeleteSooo thankful that God has provided a possible forever family. I am definitely praying for Jacob, your family, and Rod and Katie.
ReplyDeletePraying that God will use this family to draw Jacob close to Him and make him an incredible man of God. Jeremiah 24:6-7 and 30:10 :)
Praying for the best for everyone involved!
ReplyDeleteHello. I hope you won't take this comment as having even a hint of criticism in it, because it doesn't hold anything of the sort on this end. But I write to you, again, as an adoptee (although I am an adoptive mother as well). I notice that most adoption blogs I read are glaringly silent from this perspective (that of an adoptee). I am happy for your family to see some "light at the end of a tunnel." Clearly this is an answer to prayer for you! Wonderful! I am thinking especially of the two bio sisters, as the brother moves away. We had a situation in our family where one of my siblings sexually abused another of our siblings. Together with CPS, the police, the courts, etc. an agreement was reached that kept all of us girls pysically safe (alarms on doors, 24 hr. supervision, etc.) as well as provided the skilled counseling needed for healing and reconciliation. Not everyone can do what my parents did. I'm not saying you should! But in talking with one of my siblings (the victim) she has stated that if my parents had sent our brother away, she would have felt "forever guilty." I know for me personally, the day my parents committed to the horrors they had to endure to keep our family together, was the day I knew that adoption was forever. As I said, please don't take offense. But know that the sisters MIGHT feel their own permanence is threatened by their brother leaving. Blessings on your journey, Jennifer
ReplyDelete"Lord, God let it be according to your will! "
ReplyDeleteLaurel ~ this is very hopeful news.
I am praying,
Gloria
adoptive mama to 5
birth mama to 5
wife to 1
daughter of a king
Jennifer (adopted1) ...
ReplyDeleteThe younger bio. sisters are actually quite anxious for Jacob to move to a new home. They understand that our family is not the best forever family for him.
Jacob, himself, is desperately wanting to move on to a new life with a new family.
We will keep in contact with Jacob and his new family, as "extended family". We will send him off with much love and well wishes. Yes, it will be very difficult for all of us, but we realize that our family is not the very BEST place for him. Yes, we could survive the "horrors" that "alarms on doors and 24 hour supervision" would bring about ... but we do not feel this would be BEST for any of our children. We don't want our children to just survive their childhoods, we want each of them to thrive in the very best of environments.
We do not believe that the girls can fully heal with Jacob still in the home. We understand that they may have some guilt feelings down the road, and we are prepared to deal with that.
Thanks for your concerns,
Laurel
Thanks for your honesty and sharing. I'll keep reading.
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