Asking for Directions

I know that they say guys have a hard time asking for directions. But let's face it ladies, we do too!

 

I hate looking like I don't know where I am going, what I am doing, etc. To the point where I will spend hours trying to figure it out before finally asking for help. Or how about doing a task...all by yourself! I am guilty of that one all the time!

 

I don't like to ask for help. I am a first born. I can DO IT MYSELF!! If there is a financial need, well, I'll just work more hours. If there is a physical need, well, I will just devote all my time and energy until the need is met. I got this!!

 

However, there are some things...okay, a lot of things, I just can't do by myself.

 

For example. There are some lovely bushes that grow along the front of our house. They are great for privacy and keeping others from peeking in to our little backyard. However, they grow like weeds. The first year in our home, I took the hedge clippers to them and gave them a good trim. Only to realize 3 days later they were filled with poison ivy, hence, the terrible rash all over my arms!

"I'll be more careful next time." I thought as I took the clippers to them again the next summer. Once again, 3 days later, I was covered in a rash. Only this time it was so bad, I was placed on steroids.

 

Now, you'd think I would have learned my lesson. Naw, I did it again. And was placed on steroids, again! Talk about a stubborn will! You know why I kept doing it? Because I wanted everything to be done just the way it should be. I wanted everything to look nice. I wanted to show my husband I could do it ALL BY MYSELF! Unfortunately, all I showed my sweet husband was a stubborn wife who couldn't learn her lesson! This year, though, I've stayed away from the bushes. Yep, they are a little long right now and yes, they will eventually get done. But I am going rash free this summer! My husband is perfectly happy to trim the hedges too because he doesn't get poison ivy and it keeps me from being a cranky wife for 2 weeks! Sometimes, we just need to ask for help!

 

Going through this adoption journey has humbled me in more ways than one. And one of those areas is asking for help. Like I have stated before, the adoption journey is not a cheap journey. Even though God has blessed us unbelievably financially, there are still some things that we just can't pay for on our own. So, we have come up with a fundraiser and would love to have you join!

 

The "Missing Piece" Fundraiser



  Dave and I have stated from the beginning that this journey through adoption is our adventure to find our "missing piece." And this sparked an idea! We turned the picture above into an 88 piece puzzle! But, here's the fun part! If you would like to help us financially and help make a difference for a little girl or boy, you get to receive a piece of this puzzle! When you choose to be a part of this fundraiser, you will be sent a puzzle piece along with a letter. Once you have received the puzzle piece, you will sign the back of your puzzle piece and send it, along with your donation, back to us. When we have all the pieces back, we will put the puzzle together and frame it as a gift to our adopted child! This puzzle will have all the names of those who helped make it possible for this child to have joy and hope for the future!

 

 

As much as I'd like to say, "I can do this myself," I can't. We can't. Adoption takes a village. Thank you to those who have already so graciously given- your name is already on a puzzle piece!! For those that would like to give, please send me your name and address to adoptingbw@gmail.com

and I will get a puzzle piece to you!

 

Thank you all for joining us on this journey! Knowing you are reading the blog and praying for us is the biggest blessing of all! We couldn't do this journey without you guys!!