The End

I am so grateful to have had the priviledge to share our adoption journey on this blog. Thank you to our wonderful friend Heidi who created it for us & kept the backgrounds appropriate to the seasons :) It's been almost 2 years since we brought Andrey home. I find myself ready to put some kind of end to the story at least in the written word in this venue. I do not write anymore which tells me that life is just life now...my days come & go & i care for thomas & andrey & i enjoy the highs & am frustrated by the lows. The journey hasn't ended by any means, but my desire to write has. When we first started out there was so much to say, so much to share & so much fear of the unknown. I've written from the start & it's helped me so much...it was such an effective way to share with anyone who was interested in what we were doing. It started out with the birth of Thomas & how my heart hurt so much for orphans. I wanted to do something about it & we did. We did it by the love of so many who came along side us & sent us checks, bought our garage sale items, came to our fundraisers, prayed, hoped & had faith for us, that is why Andrey has a family & i will tell him the story of how he came to be with us over & over. Just as i had desired, there is one less orphan in the world now....he has a mom & dad, grandparents, a brother, cousins, uncles, great- grandparents, a warm cozy house with a backyard & front yard to run & jump & play in. My desire to give a child the kind of joyful childhood i had has happened. That was the dream & how grateful i am to say, it's been accomplished.

What was confirmed for me going thru this journey is that we human beings are powerful...when we come along side one another to get something good done, it gets done. When we've decided that something isn't right, we have the power to correct it. We have the ability to make good things happen. I like to think we're in a partnership with God...both working together to do His work.

The goal for myself now is to bring my best mothering forward. I have a biological son who came from my body & comfortably stayed at my breast for a couple of years. I have a son who didn't join our family until he was 2 years old & his eyes are the same as the picture i saw of his biological mother. I am learning how to be a mother to Andrey which has required that i learn new skills. There are ways i need to be with him that do not come as natural and easy as with our first child. I have 2 different little souls to deal with & there are many lessons in that alone.

Like i always say, if i can go to Siberia twice & survive that, i can do anything!

I will never forget the generosity of strangers & friends - i look forward now to being able to bless someone else's journey.

My e-mail is treesjd@yahoo.com...i will send pics & updates to anyone who may be interested in seeing our growing family.

With a heart of thanks,
love, Jeanette (& greg of course but it's my blog) :)