Lots has happened and NOT happened on the adoption front. More details to come, hopefully tomorrow. I will tell you though, now, we DO have a completed, APPROVED home study in the mail en route to the State of MS for approval and then off to USCIS for approval! While we may not have the dossier sent off by December as we set for our goal, we still are hoping by first part of January. With God all things are possible!
So, if today is my birthday... then, we know tomorrow is... argh! I hate to say it...but my sister's death anniversary. It just plain sucks every time I think about it. Before death was ever a REAL reality to me, I always said, "I don't ever want to be like that," when referring to someone who remembers "dates" and are usually emotional. Ha! Losing a sibling is very significant. And it stinks in every way imaginable, especially when she's left children behind and we can't see them as often as we would if she were still here. So, when do you "just get over it?" Do you? Time heals some, but there will always be the memories to remind you what you don't have...
Ok, well, I don't have to become sad and mopey until tomorrow. So, if you don't mind I would rather wait to continue my thoughts tomorrow.
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(((((Wendi)))))
Thinking of and praying for you today, Wendi. I am sure your birthday does annually feel a bit bitter sweet. I am sorry for your loss, and pray this day would also be a day of celebrating a life lived and how your sister's life affected so many others'.
Thinking of you!
I don't know what it is like to lose a sibling, only what it is like to lose a life inside of me. November is my month for diet coke and peanut m&m's. :)
Mopeyness is totally allowed, right? Even for those of us who hate to be 'Date Rememberers.'
Losing a sibling does stink! I still get a knot in my throat when I think about Jonathan, wondering who he would've married, how many kids would he have had?
Last week was my Dad's Bday and my brother and parents and I went out for his birthday, just the four of us. I couldn't help but notice his absence then.
And now I get one when I miss Shanda. It never goes away, but it does get a little easier.
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