Hit a snag...

For those of you that have been down the road of adoption, you know that it is not an inexpensive venture. Rich and I had a financial plan set out that would make it easy for us to afford the costs that have accumulated with this adoption (attorney fees, Adoption Service Provider fees, and all the other misc. things we've needed to pay for). Everything was going as planned and running smoothly. I just got a call about 30 minutes ago and was told that our "plan" isn't going to work and now we are going to have to come up with all of the funds some other way. The frustrating thing is that we have now had not one, but two (what we thought were) full-proof financial plans fall through. We are not naive. Rich is one of the most intelligent people I know when it comes to finances. The fact of the matter is that I just feel like we keep hitting brick walls. Maybe this is what is supposed to happen. We are facing these unexpected trials to make us stronger? Who knows! As if there weren't enough things going on to toughen us up (hehehe). When I got the call, this is the song that was on:

Rob Thomas

Little Wonders

let it go, let it roll right off your shoulder

don’t you know the hardest part is over

let it in, let your clarity define you

in the end we will only just remember how it feels

our lives are made

in these small hours

these little wonders, these twists & turns of fate

time falls away, in these small hours, these small hours still remain

let it slide, let your troubles fall behind you

let it shine until you feel it all around you

and i don’t mind if it’s me you need to turn to

we’ll get by, it’s the heart that really matters in the end

our lives are made in these small hours

these little wonders, these twists & turns of fate

time falls away, but these small hours, these small hours still remain

all of my regret will wash away some how

but i can not forget the way i feel right now

in these small hours these little wonders

these twists & turns of fate

these twists & turns of fate

time falls away but these small hours

with these small hours, still remain, they still remain

these little wonders these twists & turns of fate

time falls away but these small hours

these little wonders still remain

I don't know why things happen the way they do, but I do know that everything is part of His plan. Part of a plan more meticulously thought out than I could ever imagine...so we will ride the wave and hold on tight to each other, knowing that amid all of the stress and pressure we endure, there is so much love and joy that more than makes up for it. Those "little wonders" are what keep us hopeful and full of faith. We're hoping our next "little wonder" will be called "Zack"! :)