Many dear friends are asking these days, “How are you doing with K coming next week?” I suppose I should be very overwhelmed. There is still work to do to prepare her room and we know very little about her and baby Edmund is due in 8 weeks.
Yet, thanks be to God through the gift of all your prayers, I am walking in a veritable bubble of surrender. It is amazing. It is as if I have the grace to suspend my motherly control of my home, budget, and schedule and just prepare to receive, no matter what happens. I am growing in excitement at the prospect of having a daughter, someone with whom to read “The Secret Garden” and “The Little Princess” and someone with whom to bake cookies and shop for dresses and have tea. I am deeply filled with peace and an interior silence that can only be supernatural.
Thankfully, in addition, Our Lord has given me a personality that thrives on adventure. I get bored if life is too comfortable for too long, and I confess that I felt a surge of joy when we decided to receive K because my life was starting to feel rather humdrum. Now, I get to decorate a little girl’s room and fall in love with another beautiful person and become a mother in an entirely new way. Then, Edmund will be born soon after and I will do that all over again. 
No boredom here, folks.
Thank you for all your prayers. It feels like we are walking in miracle-land, as the hand of Divine Providence clearly pours our gifts upon our little heads. Truly, we are worth more than many sparrows. And, truly, the Lord provides for those He loves while they are asleep. Blessed by His name.
Little K is blessed to be welcomed in your home! It’s amazing how your life has changed in just 12 months…
This is so beautiful. I am so excited for you! I love my sons like crazy (our sixth son is on the way!), but oh…. for a mother to have a daughter! I have two daughters, ages 18 and 15, and I cherish them sooooo much, for so many reasons. What a blessing!
Ah, such a leap of faith. YOu are a brave and inspiring pair, and what blessings you have and are living. I will put you in my prayers, again, and I hope this coming season if full of joy and energy and wonder.
Just wanted to chime in with congrats. We have two adopted sons in the middle of our six (w/seventh on the way next summer) and it is a special milestone for them to be a part of the birth of a new baby. She may have missed out on certain regular family events that unite your family, yet for this birth, she will be there and be a part of the new baby’s life from day one. I think the timing couldn’t be more perfect.
what a wonderful point Nicole makes.
congratulations on your addition to the Rose Family, and best wishes. what a wonderful opportunity!