Yearn for Surrender: Up HIGH and Up LATE!!!

Saturday, November 9, 2013

Up HIGH and Up LATE!!!

One of the incredible ways that God has provided for us in our adoptions is through the grant organization Gift of Adoption. Because they have been a blessing to us, when they ask us to help our their organization and we are able to do so, we say yes! This is the 4th time we have been able to speak at a GOA event. This was our "tallest" order yet! We were able to attend and speak at and event on the 95th floor of a big building in the City... the photos will give away the location. Just to let you know how high we were, the observatory that people (including us before kids) visit is on the 94th floor. We were up HIGH!

We made the whole trip in one day. We drove down to the City during nap time. T logged in one hour and M less than 20 minutes. Sigh. We arrived right on time and changed clothes and attended the event. Our kids were the only kids around and while they were well loved on, it was still a big task to keep them under control in this special place.

Brandon's talk went well. M joined him at first and gave a speech as well. First he said, "Adoption is about love and care." Then he said, "That's my mom and my sister T (pointing to us)." Finally he said, "I love my mommy." At that point he joined me so Brandon could continue. Brandon did great and hopefully the combination of our kids powerful stories and their beautiful faces helped the organization bring in some big donors! Yes, M did come up with the love an care quote the day before the event when he informed me he would be giving a speech there as well.

We decided when we committed to the event to just drive home the night of. We knew it could be brutal, but we also knew staying in a hotel room would be as well. Hotel rooms in the city are not build from families with young kiddos. We are all about fridges in the room, free breakfasts, pools, and cribs. These are just not available downtown.

So that meant we had a LONG and LATE and HARD ride home. Wow! We pulled into our town with four awake people at 11:00ish pm. T then fell asleep just blocks from our home. She was awake and screaming during most of the entire drive. She was screaming hard. We tired to ignore it, but she started hitting herself. At this point I held on hand the entire way home. She clawed me and broke the skin all over the place trying to get free. Much of the time Brandon had to hold the other hand. M actually did amazingly well. We were so thankful to finally be home, but aside from the van ride, the event was great. Check out these cool photos and awesome views!