What are you working for?
Found out today that my WORK LAPTOP has been SHIPPED! I am so excited, you have no idea. One of my friend’s from work keeps teasing me, saying that I DON’T want a laptop, as that means I’ll be forced to be salaried and not get overtime and work from home! Oh well. I am just very excited, as this has been my first grown up job, and my first job that I’ve been really successful at.
They haven’t made the official announcement that we’re in the Claims Leadership Development group, but I believe the official notice should be sent out by the end of the week or next week. They have to wait until everyone in a particular “class” (this class size being 9) passes their interviews and tests, and once everyone passes everything they send out a group email that the class has begun for Claims Leadership Development. Highly exciting!
The rough emotional personal part is that I just keep thinking how unfair it is that we haven’t had kids yet. Now, I am trying to work on not becoming a bitter and angry basket case. I am also trying not to count the number of pregnant women I see walk by me every day. My husband said something encouraging to me today, he said “Not everyone makes as much money as we do to be able to adopt. I think God is showing us something in this.”
I have sat here for a few moments and thought about it. A couple years ago my husband and I were in a lot of debt, hardly making ends meet, and we talked with someone who worked with us on Crown Financial principles. I just was looking at our financial situation and thinking “There is no way we can afford to adopt. There is no way, we don’t even make enough to support ourselves.” I prayed, and prayed, wondering how we would get enough money to adopt. I put it out of my mind for awhile and just kept plugging at my job.
Well, what God has done is given me three promotions in 18 months. My salary quadrupled from what it was 4 years ago. We have great benefits and the possibility of hubby having 3 days off a week to be home with a baby. Where a couple years ago I was discouraged and thought it was impossible I see where doors have been opened. Life isn’t fair sometimes, and I may always be sad about not being able to get pregnant and have a child, but I would never have thought we would be able to earn enough to adopt. Honestly, we don’t NEED all this extra income. God has been gracious in giving it to us so we can feel more able to adopt.
I am not saying you must be SUPER rich to adopt, because that is a misnomer, but it helps to have extra income and not feel so strapped. It helps so much to know what we’re working so hard for; there are kids that need homes, and that is where our money is going towards, giving these kids a home.
Posted by: DramaQueen | 11-14-2007 | 10:11 PM
Posted in: Marriage | Husband | Depression | job
I’m so glad to hear that God has blessed you financially these past few years. You’re right, you don’t need to be rich to be able to adopt but it sure is nice to at least not be struggling. Adoption expenses are high, there’s no two ways about it! We were lucky to adopt Snuggle Bug privately, without having to use an agency to match us (and charge us huge fees), so our expenses weren’t nearly as high as they could have been.
This second time around we’re adopting through the state, which doesn’t cost us anything but our time (like 7 months or so just to get licensed) but this route has it’s tradeoffs too. Parental rights won’t be terminated quickly and we won’t know whether or not we get to finalize an adoption until approximately 9-18 months after we’ve had the child in our home. That’s not going to be easy, but we’re committed to this path because we know that so many children from broken homes need this stability.
I wish you the best of luck in your job with your new responsibilities and I’m offering up a prayer for your attempts to adopt!
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Congrats Jessie!!!! Glad to hear you’re doing so well career-wise. Hope all goes well with the adoption process.