“I feel like I’ve been split open and stuffed with sunshine.”
―Tahereh Mafi
Remember when I said I felt like this could be *the* week?
Welllllllll…IT WAS! 😀
We are officially out of IBESR, which means we are OFFICIALLY matched with our son!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Next up, our paperwork goes to Parquet Court, and then they’ll start working on Sweet P’s (last) name change. Which reminds me- his first name will stay the same, his birth last name will become his middle name, and how FUN to know that he’ll be a Palmer within the next handful of months!
*sigh*
I’m beaming over here tonight. 🙂
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Three things, before I sign off to celebrate:
1. Some days it’s reeeeally hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to our adoption timeline. But ya know what? There are also lots of days like today. Days that feel like a GIGANTIC exhale. Days I suddenly feel flexible again…loose enough to lean waaaay back so that I can re-see the whole miraculous thing with fresh eyes…so that I can re-understand that this whole HUGE thing is really one HUGE Gift.
I mean, really.
That God would draw me close…little-ol’ scaredy-cat, weirdo, flawed, messy ME. That He would call me to an island THIRTEEN HUNDRED miles away, so that I could be loved by THIS sparkly, precious son:
Totally overwhelming, y’all. So humbling. I need to be more intentional about staying loose (without updates) so that I can remember to lean back on the Big Picture more often.
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2. WAR ROOM. Go see it. Like, yesterday. I can hardly wait to watch it again.
3. Some of the sweet teachers from Three Angels School graciously spent some of their summer break instructing the kiddos at the Angel House orphanage about letters, numbers, songs, etc.
So grateful they post videos on their Facebook page so we can feel split open and stuffed with sunshine, too!
Layla, our oldest Haitian daughter came home 17 yrs. ago TODAY!! Hers was among the very first adoptions overseen by IBESR. Prior to 1998 Haitian adoptions could be processed by any local court. In fact we had already processed her adoption through the courts near her birthplace of Cyvadier on the southern coast of Haiti. Then we learned Haiti had overhauled their adoption system and all adoptions had to be processed and overseen by IBESR. It was so new and we were so naive that for the longest time we thought our facilitator was referring to a man “Ben Social” who would have to approve the adopton! LOL When we adopted our second Haitian daughter in 2001 we knew enough to literally jump for joy when we exited IBESR. We have since adopted a son from Haiti as well. Our Haitian kids are the younger 3 of our 9 chldren and are now 16, 17 and almost 18.
I rejoice with you at reaching this huge milestone in the adoption process and know God will sustain you through the rest of the wait.
I rejoice with you
How absolutely amazing for you. A child is a gift , love to you all xxx
Wonderful news!
I am in prayer for your new little family!
Oh what wonderful wonderful news!!! God is so very good! I am smiling right now for you!!
Yipppeee and Yahhoooo! So very excited for you! Wonderful, happy news!
Feeling your joy!!!! So excited for your family!
An adoptive mom.
So happy for you Layla! Hope the next step goes quickly and he is on the way home with you very soon!
I drank in all your words! Each one. Flexible enough to lean all the way back in it and to feel this way even without updates. I love that. I love you.
So very excited for you!! What a story you are going to have with that precious little guy!! He needs you, I hope they hurry!!!! xoxo
YAY!!!! YAY!!!! and YAY some more!
Congratulations, Layla and Kevin! 🙂
I’m smiling for you, too! Such good news.
It’s taken me almost a week to read this because my computer hates your blog. It takes forever to load and then goes a little crazy. I don’t give up because I love your blog!
Oh, y’all, I’m so excited for you! When I read the title on my reader on my phone (and couldn’t load the dang page!), I was in the Dominican Republic. I thought, “I’m on the same island as Sweet P!”
Wow! Congratulations you 2! That must make you feel on top of the world. So exciting to know you are that much closer, can’t wait to finally see him!
Lauren Baxter | Lovely Decor
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