That is my MANTRA these days. Though I am not nearly as "crazy" with anxiety as I was when we were waiting to find out if our licenses were approved to foster/adopt, this waiting to find out the fate of these precious children is getting harder and harder. I think that has a lot to do with how in love we all are - not just Patrick and I, but the entire family and our friends too! I find it hard to remind myself that the odds are more likely they will go home to family than they are that they will stay with us. So I try to remind myself to have patience and keep my faith that God has a plan for these boys (and for Patrick and I) and we have to trust He really does know best!
The boys' case worker came by for a home visit last night. I wish I could tell you all that we have some specific tidbits of news to share from that visit, but we simply don't. The most we could get was that it appears there is an Aunt that might be willing to take both boys. Praise God! My only prayer has been that these boys get to stay together. It would be so traumatic on these boys to be split up, so we are very thankful to know there is a slight chance they could be together afterall. We don't know when that might happen. Their case worker told us last night "there's just no way to tell, the people who do the home studies are so slow so it could be two months or it could be four. I just don't have any other information." So we are having to remind ourselves to be content with taking it one day at a time. Thankfully, we have other resources for information that have been more willing to share what they know with us. That at least gives us some peace of mind about where things are going. If you had asked me a month ago, I would have said the possibility was strong that we would get to keep the older one (that's what my gut said). But now my gut is saying "be prepared, these boys are both going to leave soon." It could also be that I have indegestion, but I would put money on what my gut says most times! :)
So while we don't have anything concrete to even think about right now - not even a possible idea of how long we might have these guys for - we just keep moving one day at a time, praying for what God sees as best for our tentative family and faithfully following that path.
On another side note, we had a WONDERFUL birthday party for the youngest little one - he just turned 1 year old! We braved the outside for about 45 minutes and decided the cold and wind was just not worth it - the hamburgers weren't cooking because the wind was so bad! So thanks to the Pringles for allowing us to crash their house and bring the party indoors! We had an absolutely wonderful time and both boys slept nice and soundly all night long and long into the morning - they were so pleasantly worn out from the fun! Again we remain in awe of the wonderful support we have. For so many people to be so willing to open their hearts to these little guys without the promise of any kind of permanence is inspiring. We appreciate you all more than we could ever say! God Bless!
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