We decided that Josh had had plenty of time to soak in the Fall season, 3 days to be exact, and that it was time to dive right into the next, ha!
We took the family to a tree lot here in Rolesville in search of the perfect Christmas tree. Not only did we find the PERFECT tree for perfect spot in our living room, but I spotted another perfect little tree:)
If you read my letter to Alethia last night you'll know where I'm going with this.
Knowing that Alethia couldn't be here with us this Christmas we had a choice to make. We needed a fresh new perspective and, although this may seem silly to you all, we decided to dedicate a little tree to our sweet daughter who is on the other side of the world.
What we have begun to do is print out little love letters, notes of encouragement and prayers on Alethia's behalf to hang in ornaments on her little tree. We are fully aware that she won't have a clue what any of this means for a few more years, but we want her to know that she is loved and thought of by so many people all over the world and that our journey to get her has impacted so many of you.
We don't know the ending to this chapter we have been living out, but we do know that God is good and He has a perfect plan. We do know that we have been placed in Alethia's life right now, and I think these letters and prayers will be quite a treasure for her as she grows up, no matter where she is!
So, if you would like to participate we'd love to have you write something for her tree. You can email them to us or leave it in a comment below or hop over to our adoption blog and write it in any of the comments there throughout the season.
Many of you have commented throughout the journey and we'll be trying to compiling some of those as well, but feel free to keep them coming!
1 comment:
Sweet Alethia,
Even though you are not here with us this Christmas, you are surely in our hearts. We love you so much and can't wait until you are here with us. We pray for you every day. Love always, MeMe and Poppee
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