When being grown up isn't easy

When we were kids, we used to long to be grown up -- to be able to make decisions for ourselves, choose where we wanted to go and be able to get there, and all those kinds of things. Adults would tell us that being grown up wasn't as glamorous as we thought, but we didn't believe them. Don't you hate it when we find out all those things they told us are true?

This week has been a time when I didn't want to have to make those grown up kinds of decisions. We had one of those sudden adoption situations come up with a baby born that day, and we were poised to go bring the baby home, when suddenly we found out about unforeseen medical conditions. We then agonized over the decision about whether to proceed and finally had to conclude that we were not the best family to handle the baby's medical needs. It was an incredibly painful and tough decision, but as a friend of mine reminded me, my Heavenly Father loves that baby more than I ever will and will give it the best earthly parents, even though that isn't us. I would appreciate your continued prayers on our behalf, but more so for the baby and its new adoptive family. God has a plan, and He is always Good.

I'll write more about other things going on soon -- like bathroom remodeling challenges -- and post more pictures. But this is all I can write for now.