Fortunate

I have started and deleted this post with various titles for a couple days. So much on my plate right now so hence the blogging absence.

Even with the unknowns floating around, I am feeling very fortunate. Here's why.

1) Last week we walked into the PICU with our daughter and were able to walk out a few hours later. This isn't lost on me. Not every mom could do that that day.

2) While we are still waiting on results and could be until Wednesday, I am fortunate to be able to be in the US and we can deal with whatever this is with the best medical care we can find.

3) I went to Minnesota this last weekend to the EKC Mehaber. Wow....great event and some really great people. I met so many of my online friends in person. The people who have stood behind me, posted on this blog or sent hugs on facebook. In person, in the flesh I got to meet so many of them and hang out and talk. It was incredible. I am very fortunate to be a part of this wonderful community. Sure we are all spread out but it is so nice to know that we are there for each other. Whether we need some words of support from those that have been there done that, which I got this weekend, or whether it be to enjoy a couple beers and just laugh and vent and laugh some more, which I got this weekend too.

I walked away from this weekend exhausted and refreshed. I know that sounds weird but true. It was like I had this "they do exist" moment. People I have called my friends but yet I didn't know them and then here we were in the same place, enjoying the same fun and laughing at "tails" and "mushrooms". For those that aren't in this wacky adoption community, this may all seem weird but for those of us that have used online tools like forums and blogs and facebook to maintain our sanity it was just nice to all be in the same physical place and be reassured that yup I do belong and yup you all are real and yup you are just as awesome in person as you are online.

And talk about some cute kids too....definitely a favorite moment which I will post pictures of when I figure out how to get them off my phone that is, is watching Kiya and Miss T share pretzels. And I am talking bite for bite, Kiya would take a bite and then Miss T. They would grab ones and hand them to each other and then take them away. They were in their own little world sitting on the ground while T's mom and I chatted. It was adorable.

So I guess I am saying that life has thrown a few lemons at us lately, but I am feeling fortunate. I wouldn't be able to tackle any of this without this amazing community and I feel so much more connected now that I have met people face to face.