Isn't it funny how you just feel protective of certain people? Those who seem to always get picked on or those who never seem to catch a break. I am. I can be very protective of others. Then again, there are those than I can turn away from, but they aren't the ones that need someone to stand up for them, are they?
I had one such experience over the past week. I ran across a young lady that I had met almost 10 years ago and we started telling each other about our lives now. (She is now a mother of 2.) But she was telling me that they are just in a tight spot right now, the seasons are changing and her babies need warmer clothes since it's been getting a little chilly. This weighed on my heart for a few days and I finally couldn't help myself anymore. I asked her if she minded me picking some things up for them. Yesterday I got to see my heart's work. I dropped off the few long-sleeved shirts and little pants to her, and as she looked over the pieces, joy filled my heart and I could tell that we were both a little emotional. She told me that she appreciated this very, very much and gave me a big hug. This girl is one of my baby birds, that I feel the overwhelming need to keep an eye out for her.
But then a thought comes in to my mind. That is what we are supposed to do for others. That is how we should be living. That is how the church should be working. Seeing after the widows, orphans, and those less-fortunate than ourselves, those who are hungry and thirsty, those who need clothed*. And I have to ask, am I doing that? Is my church doing that? What more could we do to make a difference, even a small difference?
I think that is also one reason why we chose to go the adoption route, to think that there are children out there who are in desperate need of love and a family.
* "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." James 1:27 NIV
"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in..." Matthew 25:35 NIV
I want to start off first by telling you a little about my "fertility" situation.
After coming off the birth control pill, I was not having a period. I thought that maybe after a couple of months things would get back to normal. Well, they did not. So after 4 months I made an appointment with my doc. He prescribed me Provera to make me have a period each month. I took it, and I did have a period, but I felt it wasn't a "good" period for me. *I know some of you may not see it my way here, but just bear with me.* The med-induced period was light (for me) and short. My breasts also got very, very sore and tender during this time as well. Where as pre-birth control, they rarely were sore during my cycle.
I did not like the feeling of this not being normal! So I did a little research and found a very nice company with a good reputation that sold herbal supplements. At first I just took there Daily Women's vitamin mix (femme Defense). It did help me to feel better. So I quit taking my Provera and tried the herbal supplements HB formula and T&C Formula, which is supposed to cleanse and tone up your womanhood. And guess what! I had what I knew was a "normal" period back! And although I am still not ovulating all if any of my cycles, I am having a period! So this is a small victory! I haven't taken a Provera in over a year and have not taken any of the herbs in at least 8 months! Yay!
Okay, so as the title reads this is also about Inquires, as in our home study has been approved and we can make information inquiries on some of the children that appear at HeartGalleryAlabama.com. And we have done so. We have put in a total of four different inquiries, and have heard back on three of them, and one of those we are waiting on more info. Our social worker says we are doing the right thing by making these info requests, but it all just seems so, what's the word... lengthy. I am a little impatient. It's one of my character flaws. So when I have more info, I will post, but until then we keep looking & inquiring. :)
