Road to Rowan

  This past week, we celebrated Seollal at Korean School, and it was so fun to get a glimpse into Rowan's culture, and now although not "our" culture, it is apart of the fiber of our family.  Korea, and Korean culture will forever be special to us! We ate ddeokguk, a Korean soup with dumplings, and my class got up and sang Arirang, a Korean folk song, a Korean anthem.  It is beautiful, and I was honored to sing it on such a special day!  We sang this before the elders of the community.  Before we did our song, the principal of the school got up and announced that the students would do the traditional bow before the elders.  I hadn't remembered my teacher mentioning this, and come to think of it, didn't see anyone else in my class, but I got up there anyway!   At the end, the elders came up, and gave us money.  Once I headed back to our table, I realized that this was really meant for younger people, that were not married.  Ooops!! ...

I wish we had exciting adoption news, but here we sit, 202 days into our EP Submission wait. It’s frustrating in a way that I have never experienced before.  There isn’t much communication, and the Korean ministry has appeared to take the decade off.  I know that isn’t actually true, but it sure feels like that right now. This morning I listened to the song “The Sun Will Rise” by JJ Heller, as I stared out into our dark windows in our living room during my morning quiet time.  It’s hard to know what to pray or say, when you know you should trust, but your circumstances make it difficult.  Maybe that’s especially the time you should be trusting.  Trust is believing in the unseen. “Sometimes it feels like forever When it's dark outside Baby, the sun will rise Baby, the sun will rise However long the night If you lose your way And your heart is torn May my love sing loud Louder than a thunderstorm Sometimes it feels like forever When it's dark ou...

Sometimes I have to step back from the unknowns, and just be your mom.  So yesterday, I spent a little time in your room, fixing up the space for you and Quinn to share! It is not complete, but getting pretty close, and it is definitely one of my favorite spaces in our home!