CHOSEN

The word on my mind today has been the word Chosen.  As I look back to the beginning of our journey I can think about all of the choices The Rock and I had to make concerning starting a family.  We CHOSE to adopt, we CHOSE an adoption agency, and we CHOSE China.  In September, after being given a file with only 72 hours to make a decision, we CHOSE our little Cherry Blossom.  That is putting a lot of faith in God and perhaps going off the path we had planned for ourselves and our marriage.  We now know that God CHOSE our little Cherry Blossom to be our daughter and he CHOSE us to be her parents.  We didn't need those 72 hours to decide that she was our daughter, we just knew.  

Many of you have asked us if you can be at the airport to greet us when we bring our Cherry Blossom home.  We would love for those of you that can handle staying up past 10 pm on a Saturday, March 16th to be there.  There are some of you that we know go to bed before 9 and we understand :)  Our plane arrives at 9:56 from Atlanta. 

Unfortunately, it is not like the movies (Love Actually,  one of my favorites) where people are waiting at the gate when you get off the plane.  We have to get through security first, but it will be so worth it to see all of your smiling faces!

Please understand that we may be tired from the flight.....you know I'm the "What If?" girl.  Our little Cherry Blossom will probably also be tired after 16+ hour flying and having to be in four different airports (Guangzou, Seoul, Atlanta and Nashville)  Please, please, please do not try to take her out of arms.  We would love for her to receive hugs, but you have to hug us at the same time :)  Our little girl needs to know that we are her Forever Family and needs to attach to us before she is held by others. 

A special woman from one of my Facebook Adoption groups created a print that we are going to be put on t-shirts if you would like to order one to wear to the airport or just around town.  They are pink or brown and come in youth sizes small all the way to Adult XXXL.  We found a guy here in Murfreesboro who is willing to do the shirts for $9.50 each and XXL-XXXL are $11 and not charge us a setup fee.  We have to order a minimum of 24.  I would love to place this order by this Monday so that I can get them ordered, he can make them and then I can deliver them :) Call me, text me, facebook me or comment on this blog if you would like one, the color and the size!   This is not a fundraiser, it is just a design that means a lot to us because the heart is in Beijing where she is now and we know that she was CHOSEN for us by God.  Of course they are cherry blossom colors!

Here they are: