got lemons... make lemonade!

what an awesome time of year... i love thanksgiving!  we had an incredible time with family and friends... we ate too much, talked continually and laughed often...  i had even gotten wind of a program the boys had at school where one said he was thankful for "his new mom" and the other said he was thankful for "his new home"... i mean really?  i am so blessed... how much better does it get...

yet yesterday after all the guests were long gone and the girls and i were setting up our new homeschool room... yes you heard me right (i can hear you laughing out loud :)... we've all decided we really do love our new lifestyle so we are sticking with it...

i got the news... the hearing wasn't what we thought it would be (imagine that, hehe)...  a new date has been set, December 7th.  i found myself moments later sitting in the boys room embarrassingly being not so thankful!  BUT God in His infinite grace wasn't going to allow me to stay in my self absorbed, ungrateful mode very long... He had a life lesson too teach me, YET AGAIN :) 

as i was sitting there (must have been there a while) staring at their pictures (from our meeting almost two years ago) stating in my mind how "stinky" this news was (with a face twisted up probably much like someone sucking on a lemon)... i heard a beating sound coming from down the hall... so i stood and walked across the hall and opened the door and this is what i found...

i love how God meets me where i am, never tiring of my childishness... and i love how He uses my little ones to remind me of the opportunities before me... :)

see Gracie wants drums and has for a LONG time... however, we won't buy her drums... we have had the conversation many times about the fact that when we feel she is ready for them THEN we will give them to her... sometimes the answer sits well and sometimes not...

BUT this time i love what she did about it... instead of fussing she made the most out of the moment...  this time when she didn't get what she wanted (and got lemons instead)... she chose to make lemonade out of them instead of whine or fuss... she found some toy buckets, made her a drum set and was playing some sweet, LOUD music :)  i giggled as i walked away (of course after videoing her in concert)... with a completely different mind set!

God knows when we are ready for them... He knows when they are ready to be here... He knows when His kingdom will be best served... He knows when our families reunion will bring Him the most Glory... He knows the exact time and date it will all happen... and His plan is perfect :)

so the next time i think i am getting served lemons in this adoption process... i think i will follow Gracie's example and see if i can't make some good 'ol lemonade out of the circumstance :)