Sometimes the biggest problem in our waiting process is the missing words.
"How is your adoption going?" or "Where are you in your process?" or "Any news?"
These seem like very black and white questions that should have black and white answers. But sometimes there are missing words. Even empty answers.
And the funny thing is, I love it when someone asks me..if its done respectfully. I'd miss it if people didn't ask. Almost like if everyone ignored that you were pregnant or no one noticed.
Unlike a pregnancy, there are no fetal updates or doctors appointments. There are no sonograms or due dates. No pregnancy pictures to post on Facebook and no baby showers.
Instead there is waiting. With no answers. With no due dates or timelines. With no answers to when and how.
And if anything, there is more confusion about how do you get your baby? or why does SHE get to decided who gets her baby? Or why haven't y'all been picked? Or there are so many other ways you could have a baby quicker.
May we be become content in our wait. May the words we speak to answer the appropriate and inappropriate questions demonstrate our hearts as we wait. Sometimes they are tender. Sometimes they are hopeful. And sometimes they are completely missing words.
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