The rain is finally here

Today it rained - and not only a little misting but a nice, good, all day rain.  The kind that wipes the earth clean and lets us start over.  New growth will be coming up in my garden, and the grass will turn green again.  It has been 8 months since this last happened here, and I am taking it as an omen that all my pain and frustration with the last year is going to fade away.  

The rain was exceptionally cleansing for my soul.  It washed away the leaves and debris in my heart.  I feel pure and light and love for the world today... I find it amazing that the world is such an interconnected universe where we think of each other & love one another from so far away.  There have been many events taking place in the last month, which lead me to believe in the power of the universe and the unity of all of us.  I am blessed that I have love in my life.

In Norway, they have different expressions for love – it isn’t only romantic love and the love you have for your children and friends, but also the love you have for the people in your life.  I feel that love when I interact with my friends, some colleagues (LOL… some just make me swear a little), my hairdresser, the people who are MY people.  I have people everywhere, and I am so blessed to have their good thoughts in my life.  When I least expect it, I get a message of love from the universe, and I appreciate it so much.  Jeg er saa glad i deg.

It has been incredibly hard doing a foreign adoption - adoption of any kind is going to have the same type of waiting involved - and I am SO ready to bring Sofie home.  The mural is about done, and things are coming into place.  Work has calmed down, and we are ready to bring her into the new environment and take these next steps.  We are in the final race to the end – Article 5 should be coming this week and Travel Approval 3-8 (please not 8) weeks later.  Then we book the tickets and go.  I am going to have many things to be thankful for at Thanksgiving hopefully.

We hope that her foster parents are preparing her a bit for the transition.  I wrote a note last week thanking them for her care (how do you express gratitude & acknowledge the sacrifice that they have made in actual words?  Especially with a culture that is so uncomfortable with the expression of love?), and I know they will probably be getting it this week.  I did my best to try to sum it up, but I will be eternally in debt to these people I will never know who have been kind to my daughter and helped her thrive and develop.  This is more proof that there is love in the world – whether they can express it or not.

Who knows, we could have her in 6 weeks from now, and that would be a WONDERFUL thing.  The adventure is going to really be starting soon, and I can’t wait for you to get here, Sofie. 

We love you and are awaiting your arrival with light in our hearts and rainbows in our eyes.