Nothing new to report on the adoption front. We did get all our paperwork finished for homestudy though! Woohoo! Now we wait for approval, then we apply for grants. We need a lot more finances for this adoption!
So, the number 13. My mom was declared cancer free on the 13th day of the month. I was married on Friday the 13th, 4 years ago. And S's birthday is on the 13th day of the month. Coincidence, I think not! Our anniversary and S's birthday share the same date. Both month and day. When we got married 4 years ago, we went to the courthouse in San Francisco. I wanted to get married on Valentine's Day so bad. Obviously, the courts aren't open on the weekends, so we had no choice but Friday the 13th. It wasn't ideal, but I decided the 13th would be our "lucky" day.
Little did I know that God had already had everything planned out. It amazes me. It gives me goosebumps. That He works in the tiny details years and years in advance. That He has your whole life mapped out before you are even conceived. 4 years ago, I would have thought you were funny if you told me we were going to adopt, and a teenager at that! God has a way of opening our eyes, slowly changing us, breaking us for what breaks Him. The 13th wasn't the day I wanted, but it was the day God wanted. Because 4 years later it would have SO much more meaning, and we would share this joyous date with our son. Little did we know, our son was born on the day we were married, years before.
You see, God works in the details. Today, I am SO happy that is the year God has us get married so that we could NOT be married on the 14th, but the 13th, so we could share this day with our boy. It just validates so much. It is not coincidence. That's God.
I have great faith in knowing He is working out every last detail right this moment.
