30 January 2010

Moving on...

I talked with my friend whose sister I have referenced in the past few posts about adopting children from Haiti (both are college friends). In our discussion, we talked about how she and her family are dealing with things -- the aftermath of the earthquake, if they've found Wendy and Josiana, how her mother who was in Haiti at the time is coping with things, what the latest news is on the adoption front for the two children who are in Pittsburgh...


During the conversation, my friend said something like, "You know, it's odd. No matter how much you want to stay in the apex of emotion when something like this happens, at some point, your body and mind and spirit simply won't let you. You start to move on, if even involuntarily."


She's right, of course. We move on. The challenge is whether, in our moving on, we hold some wisdom in our hearts from that which we've experienced and thereby move a little closer to where God wants us to be.


I pray my heart is much wiser. I'll share more in the coming days, I think. In the meantime, we are moving on...

3 comments:

~liz said...

i thought of you when i read this:
http://tinyurl.com/yd5hqwn

for some reason, my bloglines hasn't shown any new posts on your blog...i came here to find this post to share the link with you and found all these new posts by you! yay! i was missing your updates....now i can play catch-up.

April said...

I saw that one, Liz. I love the DHM. I think I'm subscribed to all those blogs now that she referenced, too. It's my reality check in the midst of all the mommas playing with kids, menu plans, reupholstered chairs, etc. that are usually on my Reader pages.

My friend, Sherry, who is adopting the children sent out an email about the UNICEF debacle this morning. The guy at the APparent project has been railing about them for a good month now. SMALL, LOCAL GOVERNMENT for all! *stepping off the soapbox now*


Thanks for catching up. I'm reading yours, but trying to cut down on internet time, still, and just not getting over to comment! :(

~liz said...

and in my catching up i saw that you already linked to the common room! great minds, you know... :)
yes, reality checks. painful and good for the mama-soul. ouch.