Good news on the homefront. Louisiana has just heard from her adoption counselor; the child that they were hoping to adopt is to become theirs. They will now have 54 children. As you can imagine, Louisiana is overcome with joy.
Monday, May 8, 2006~
Dear Journal~
I just got the news, and I am crying so hard I can barely see to write!
I just found out from my adoption counselor that the child we were hoping to adopt--a little boy from Russia named Vlademir Aleksander--is to become ours. OURS! We are going to become the parents to our fifty-fourth child, and it is a little BOY!! Vlademir is seven years old, and he is in a wheelchair because of cerebral palsy. He has red hair and a winning smile; he is the cutest, as you can see by the pic I affixed to this entry!
The adoption has been approved, but we won't get to see our new son-to-be until the doctors at the medical clinic give the okay and the last bit of paperwork has been cleared. However, the good news is this: the adoption HAS been okayed, and all we have to do is wait for little Vlady to arrive!
Oh, there is going to be much celebration going on when I sit the kids down later and tell them the news. Bill already knows, and all he can do is pray prayers of gratitude and thanks to God! I am shaking so hard as I type this; please don't be surprised if you see any mistakes in here, but my fingers are flying so fast and my mind is so full I can't help myself!!
There is also going to be much celebration when I share the news with my church family and with my co-workers! What an early Mother's Day gift to me: another child!! This is going to be the BEST Mother's Day EVER!!
Oh, I have to go now and share the news with my friends! Oh, God be thanked! I am about to become a mamma--AGAIN!!
~Love, your friend, Louie (soon to be the adoptive mamma to *54* children!!). :D
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