Everything happens for a reason....

One Sunday morning last summer I went for a walk with a friend down to the local coffee shop. We ordered our drinks and I looked at the gal making our coffee and hesitantly said "Sue?". I had met a Sue at a stroke support group a while back and she sure looked like that Sue. She said "Yes?" I knew right away after mentioning the support group and her confusion it was not the same Sue. I found out that her name is actually Susie and she has adopted two girls from China through Childrens Home like us, had the same social worker, Angie, and is our neighbor! On top of this she has met my brother-in-law (who lives in Alaska with his girlfriend) and knows some of the same people from there that she does. How crazy is that? AND she knew another family from Buffalo who at the time was in the process of adopting two boys from Ethiopia! All because of thinking she was a different "Sue". I have since been in contact with this other family, the Wistrom's. I met with with Karen Wistrom while they were still waiting for the the court process to be complete and saw pictures of their adorable little boys. I am happy to say that they are finally now home with them and adjusting very well. They had a long journey and I was able to follow it through Karen's blog. We all had the priviledge of meeting this beautiful family a few weeks ago. The Wistrom's have been a wealth of information and it has been amazing to hear their stories of travel and the experiences they have gone through in their journey. If you have time, go back to November in her blog and read about when they travelled. Her writing is beautiful and gives you a sense of actually being there. Seeing and meeting them made us feel like "this is actually a reality" and there is an end to this journey...it really does happen! We cannot wait for this "wait" to be over and for our child to be home with us.

And just a little side note....before we went to visit the Wistrom's we told Kole where we were going. We said that the boys were also from Ethiopia and we were going to hear about their experience while they were in Addis Ababa. He was so excited and his face just LIT UP. He loudly and proudly exclaimed "THAT IS WHERE MY NEW BABY SISTER OR BROTHER IS GOING TO BE FROM!!!"