Signs From Above

My parents call me their “miracle child”. When I was six years old, doctors found a tumor in my left kidney. The doctors told my parents it was cancer and I was immediately hospitalized. I stayed on the cancer-treatment floor with all of the other cancer patients for over a month. My kidney was removed. Not until it was removed did they realize that the tumor was actually benign. The chances of MY tumor not being cancerous was .01%. Doctors from all over the world studied my case. I am not trying to brag, but my case is also listed in a medical journal. Since then, my family believes that I am still standing in this world because I will experience and live through something BIG. They believe I will one day win the lottery or discover something new. They make me laugh. My grandpa always invites me to play Bingo with him or asks me to buy his scratch off tickets. Well, now I know why I survived that surgery and I am living it right NOW. There are so many ways in which God keeps reminding us that what we are doing is perfect and that He really does listen. I will list them in the order they have occurred (all in the last week):


1. Adopting. Hello! This is a huge miracle. We feel very strong and passionate about it. We truly would not have wanted it any other way.


2. Rob is a bartender, so we never know how much money he will be bringing home. Saturday when I was having my boo-hoo moment, part of it was due to financial stress. The adoption is going to cost us close to $30,000. I know God will provide and everything will fall into place. I just have my moments just like every other normal person. That night, one of his customers ate at the restaurant and left Rob a $600 tip!! When has this ever happened? (Never) Why did it happen? (No idea) I was working on some of the Dossier documents yesterday and had to submit them with another payment (I didn't know how much to make the check for) and when I flipped through the Agreement Page my eyes got watery. Our next payment is for exactly $600.


3. Since we don't know when our home study is yet, I keep making sure everything is up and running. Tuesday night I asked Rob "how do we know for sure the smoke detectors are working?" (I know, stupid question) and he responded with a "babe, relax, they start beeping really loud when a new battery is needed". Guess what woke me up on Wednesday? Guess?! A loud beep. That very same day Rob bought a new battery and now I am assured our smoke detectors work :).


4. On Tuesday, Rob and I were talking about how we wished we had the same schedule. Since he works in the restaurant business, he works nights and holidays. I have spent Christmas alone and New Year's Eve at the restaurant - not fun. His job has been good to us so we can't complain. I was telling him how much he really needs to find an 8 - 5 job, especially with a baby on the way. He said to trust in God and things happen for a reason. Believe it or not, the next day he got a call from the company where he interned and they asked him if he was interested in a job. He went to their office in the morning and completed some paperwork. Today, they officially offered him the job. He starts on Monday!!! Which takes me to the next item on the list.....


5. We are supposed to advice our agency of any changes. Of course I was super excited for Rob and congratulated him on his new job, but I immediately panicked. I didn't know if this was going to slow things down. He called our case worker and she said "perfect timing! This change would have been an issue if the home study would have already been completed". Now I know why the home study is taking a little longer than expected. God was just waiting for this to happen first.


I am not exaggerating or lying or making these things up(I couldn't even if I tried). They really did happen in the last 7 days!!! We can't wait to witness the rest of the blessings this process will bring (the biggest being our son). We truly are in awe with God's actions.