I guess this kind of goes with my previous post, and again I am trying not to get my hopes up. I had an interesting conversation with one of my friends yesterday. We were talking about families being apart at Christmas for one reason or another. Her son is serving a mission in Brazil, and Devin being in Afghanistan. Then the conversation turns to our adoption, she has heard the ups and downs over and over again these past years. She asked what was new and had we heard anything. I tell her what the "rumor" page tells us, who knows, but there is a chance that we may (may being the operative word) get a referral the end of 201o or early 2011. Me, thinking this is still so far away, her smiling. She said, "Do you realize, her heart could actually be beating at this moment?" I was floored! Shocked! I have honestly never thought about it that way yet. My girl could be on this earth, but not yet born. It was weird to have someone else point this out to me. I will give myself a chance to soak in the joy of this possibility, then will put it in the back of my heart as I count down the referrals until I see her beautiful face. Hopefully it will be sooner than later...
