The sun rises.  The day is filled with hustling and bustling. The sun sets.  As humans, we sometimes feel as if the world should stop and wait for us.  But amidst all of life’s changes and challenges, the one constant is that the earth keeps rotating, the sun will rise, and the sun will set.  The world around us continues to move on.

Sometimes throughout our journey it felt difficult that everything else seemed so “normal” when we felt like we were stuck in the “in-between” of this path towards adoption.  However, ironically enough, I take great solace in the constant of the world rotating. Of each day starting anew.  Of gaining more knowledge and becoming wiser in the days we are waiting.  Isn’t it crazy how when faced with various opportunities, some challenging and others enriching, we can choose how we want to look at those opportunities?

Since the completion of our 2^ndhome study in the end of July we have continued to grow and learn so much.  I know that from an outside perspective it may seem as if we are at a stand still, but we are not in any way, whatsoever.  We have been actively inquiring on children, and in all honesty, we hear, “No, this may not be the right fit,” or “We would rather not relocate children at this time,” more often than we get additional information. And guess what…that is just fine with us.  The last three years that we’ve been actively working to build our family through adoption has given us patience.  These children aren’t an accessory or a “missing puzzle piece”.  They are human beings, with a story, a life, and a prerogative.  And they deserve to be in a place that can be the very best for them.  And not only do we understand that, but we completely support it and value that.  And we know we are doing it “right” because we’ve had this time. And if more time is what is right for the children that are in need of a home, we will continue to not only embrace that but advocate for it.

See, the earth will continue to rotate and the sun will continue to rise and set, and let me tell you, there is more simplicity, more consistency to that than you can imagine.  How we grow, evolve, and educate ourselves in this beautiful planet’s consistencies is what is far more complex. Throughout all of this life’s simplexities we hold steadfast to the knowledge that what is right will come.  And how it comes is through ethical, informed decisions that are ALWAYS in the best interest of children.

~Chelsea