A privilege AND pitiful

Lacie is full of compliments. AND she really is full of love when she gives them. Like the previous story I shared about her telling me I was "so lovely." She tells Euitag and daddy that they are "so strong" and daddy is handsome, and the list goes on. Well, yesterday she looked at me and very sincerely said, "mommy, you are so pitiful." And very quickly she said, "And that is a dood word." I believe she is saying pretty and beautiful in one good word - pitiful. I had to take it as a compliment - but honestly was a little surprised at first.
Here are a few zoo princess pictures I have mentioned -

So - I had the privilege this evening to go to my friend's house (Bette and Mike) to help them pack to go to China. They are going to get their little BOY on Lacie's birthday. I am so excited for them and my heart is taking leaps as I think about the joy they will experience. This is truly a trip of a lifetime - and I do not really mean a vacation type trip - although that is a total bonus to see another part of the world. Oh - to be able to go to China again and to be able to add to our family again would be just a wonderful blessing in my mind. Adoption is such a miraculous experience. It is so hard to explain. And I do not want to dismiss the miracle of birth of a biological child - but I thank God every day that John and I never conceived. For our lack of fertility is unexplained and we were both "perfect" in every way to have a biological child. I just think that God wanted us to have Lacie and Paul - our love for our beautiful children could not be any stronger if we had conceived them. Adoption is definitely God ordained as He really has commanded us to care for widows and orphans. I read an article lately that showed a statistic that if only a few percent of the worlds Christians would adopt one orphan than there would no longer be any orphans. I will have to find that article. If ANYONE reading this blog has even a remote inkling that they may want to adopt to add to their family, please please talk to me. AND as we approach Lacie's birthday this month I continue to thank God for her birthmom for making such a selfless act. If only we could meet her and share our gratitude for her gift to us.

So - can you tell that I am now very sentimental as our friends are getting to board a plane in such a few hours? Oh the privilege to share this with them!

Blessings!