Ready to Go!

It's almost GO time! I am fearful that I have forgotten to pack something.  I have no idea what it is...but there is this lingering feeling I have had all day that I have forgotten to pack something.  I packed E's clothes...that's done. I packed all the gifts for the nannies and staff...I have medicine, medicine, and more medicine packed.  TOILET PAPER!!! I forgot to pack some toilet paper!!  I'm sure there is something else I have forgotten....I will pray, (and thank you, Kelly for praying this to!) Lord, please shine a light on what I have forgotten so that I may pack it.

I ran the last of the errands this morning - I needed to get a converter at Target and a memory stick for the camera.  I went to the electronics department and a nice young man helped me figure out what it was I needed for the camera.  And then he asked if he could help me with anything else, and I said I needed a converter. He walked me to the aisle, and as we walked he asked where I was going. I lost it. I started to cry. I told him we were going to Ethiopia to meet our son and to adopt him.  And I blubbered my way through those words.  He was gracious and said congratulations, this is the converter you need.

Oh but I am not done crying in front of people! Oh no! It's only just begun! I was picking up some gourmet candy and fudge at a local candy maker and I lost it there too!! I was so on a roll today!  And then our favorite grocery store assistant manager saw me in the store picking up a prescription and she came over and said how much she has missed seeing us (they miss you when you shop every day at the grocery store!) and she asked how we are and how soon we leave. Yep, it's like a trigger....the tears just fell from my eyes once again.

I cannot image what it will be like to see Baby T for the first time.  I can imagine I will cry - but will try to hold it together so he doesn't get freaked out.  It's hard to believe we get to see him next week.  This has felt like a dream for so long, that now....now it is our time.  Now we get to walk through that open door that the Lord set before us a couple of years ago.  The road has been long, not so easy, a lot of lessons along the way and a lot of faith building. Now is the divine appointment.  It's here.

Please pinch me....I don't want to miss a thing.