A week ago today Bev and I travelled down to Jackson to the Bethany office there. We met with a young woman who is close to having a baby and had chosen our family to become the child’s “Forever Family”. So, in other words, if things go as she is planning for them to, we will have a new addition to our family really soon. Here are a few details:
- There is a cesarian section scheduled for August 16th. That’s TWO WEEKS from today. Yep. Two weeks.
- Mississippi law says that the parents cannot sign termination of parental rights until 72 hours after the birth of a child. But it could be longer than 3 days to. I’m not sure if there is an actual cut off date. The more I think about it, I don’t think there is.
- So that means that in 17 days I could possibly be a new daddy. Crazy, huh?
- The mom is white, and the dad is black.
- The baby is a boy.
- One of the reasons the birthmom chose us was because we had three kids already and she figured we knew what we were doing by now. Most days I can agree with that.
So this is big news for us. BIG news! Like I said in the last post, we had been waiting and wondering if we were going to hear anything. And then we get a call with a few things to think through and a date to come meet the birth mom. And things could be really different around our house in half a month’s time.
We’re excited. We’re anxious. But we still fully understand that this young woman could change her mind and decide to keep her baby boy and parent him herself. And we’ve told her that if that’s the route she decides go, if she changes her mind after thinking she was ready to give him to us…well…we told her that we would support her decision to do what is best for her family. We wouldn’t be angry or upset with her. Sure, there would be disappointment. But it’s such a huge decision on her part.
So we ask for your prayers that God prepares us for the changes that our family is about to go through. Pray for the birthmom and the final stages of her pregnancy and for the delivery. And pray that no matter what happens, that we trust God for all things.
PRAYING!!!!!!!
So excited to follow your journey!!! Adoption is such a blessing from God!! Savor each step in the process. He is so faithful to teach you something in every step of the process!!
In HIS love and mine,
lynn lott. <
Thanks, Lynn. We’re eagerly anticipating both the next few weeks and the years to come. And don’t think I’ve ever told you this specifically, but you and Joey have been a big encouragement to us. We’ve followed yall’s adoptions stories as well.
Have your sleep cycles finally made it back to Mississippi time?
6 days!!!
BigGER news?